Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and prevalence of the RNF213 variant

Characteristic	Control (n=24)	Subjects (n=24)	P
Demographics
Age (yr)	42.9±8.4	41.8±10.2	0.657*
Male sex	7 (29.2)	8 (33.3)	1.000
Medical history
Hypertension	1 (4.2)	8 (25.0)	0.063
Diabetes mellitus	0 (0)	3 (9.4)	0.252
Hyperlipidemia	4 (16.7)	6 (25.0)	0.724
Smoking	4 (16.7)	6 (25.0)	0.724
Coronary artery disease	0 (0)	0 (0)	NC
Family history of moyamoya disease	0 (0)	1 (4.2)	1.000
RNF213 variant	1 (4.2)	8 (33.3)	0.023

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%). Fisher’s exact test.

RNF213, ring finger protein 213; NC, not calculated.

^*Mann-Whitney U test were used.