Table 1:
Clinical Characteristics of 145 Dissecting Arteries
| Stroke group n=79 |
Non-stroke group n=66 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 40.4±9.7 | 40.3±10.6 | 0.936 |
| Male patients, No. (%) | 64 (81.0) | 31 (47.0) | < 0.001 |
| BMI, mean(SD), kg/m2, | 24.1±3.3 | 24.1±3.2 | 0.970 |
| Risk factors, No. (%) | |||
| History of trauma | 26 (32.9) | 28 (42.4) | 0.238 |
| Recent infection | 11 (13.9) | 10 (15.2) | 0.834 |
| Smoking | 33 (41.8) | 23 (34.8) | 0.394 |
| Alcohol use | 35 (43.8) | 23 (34.8) | 0.274 |
| Migraine | 11 (13.9) | 8 (12.1) | 0.749 |
| Hypertension | 17 (21.5) | 13 (19.7) | 0.787 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 27 (34.2) | 22 (33.3) | 0.915 |
| NIHSS, Median(interquartile range) | 3 (1,8) | 0 (0,0) | 0.000 |
| Onset to HRMRI time, Median (interquartile range) | 11 (6, 20) | 14 (11, 20) | 0.079 |
Abbreviations: National Institute of Health stroke scale; HRMRI, high resolution magnetic resonance imaging