Table 1.

Demographic data of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with MCA stenosis.

	Symptomatic MCA stenosis (n = 49)	Asymptomatic MCA stenosis (n = 32)	P
Age (yrs)	57.7 ± 10.6	55.9 ± 12.1	0.589
Male	35(71.4%)	22 (68.6%)	0.812
Hypertension	36 (73.5%)	22(68.6%)	0.751
Diabetes mellitus	11 (22.4%)	8(25.0%)	0.732
Hypercholesterolemia	12 (24.5%)	8 (25.0%)	0.934
Smoker	18 (36.7%)	11 (34.4%)	0.865

MCA: middle cerebral artery.