Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and clinical data.

	Patients (n = 12)	Controls (n = 23)	p value
Demographics
Age, year	65.3 (6.9)	65.0 (8.4)	0.90
Male:female	6:6	14:9	0.55
Education, year Characteristics of stenosis	14.1 (3.7)	16 (3.1)	0.12
Left:right	8:4	NA	NA
Degree of stenosis
70–89%	6	NA	NA
≥90%	6
CEA:CAS	9:3	NA	NA

Values expressed as the mean (standard deviation); p values were obtained from an unpaired t-test.

CAS: carotid artery stenting; CEA: carotid endarterectomy.