Table 2.

Baseline characteristics.

	Cases	Controls	p value
age	65 ± 13	51.2 ± 12.3
male	18	19
female	7	8
left sided	17	12
right sided	7	12
brainstem	1	3
NIHSS	13.22	13.44	0.88
simple	18	16
complicated	7	11