Table 1:

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients in our study

Parameter	Patients with TIA without Carotid Web (n = 123)	Patients with TIA with Carotid Web (n = 12)	P Value
Median age (yr)	64	58	.028
Sex (male)	77 (62.6%)	3 (25%)	.015
Ethnicity (No.) (%)
Chinese	123 (100%)	12 (100%)
Other	0	0
Right-hemisphere stroke	56 (45.5%)	4 (33.3%)	.548
Risk factors
Hypertension	26 (21.1%)	0	.122
Diabetes	16 (13.0%)	1 (8.3%)	1.0
Atrial fibrillation	9 (7.3%)	0	1.0
Myocardial infarction	2 (1.6%)	0	1.0
Smoking	20 (16.3%)	1 (8.3%)	.691
Alcohol abuse	10 (8.1%)	0	.599
MRI (DWI hyperintensity)	0	0
Recurrent episode within 3 mo	15 (12.2%)	10 (83.3%)	.00

Note:—Unless otherwise indicated, data are absolute values with percentages in parentheses.