Table 3.
Compared data of reproductive health-related risk factors | Pregnancy | Puerperium | Oral contraceptive use | p | |||
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n = 74, 23% | n = 142, 44% | n = 108, 33% | |||||
Age | |||||||
Years | 32.2 ± 6a | 32 ± 7a | 38 ± 9b | <0.001 | |||
Mode of onset | |||||||
Acute | 51a | 70 | 85a | 62 | 59a | 56 | |
Subacute | 14a | 19 | 42a | 31 | 26b | 25 | <0.030 |
Chronic | 8a,b | 11 | 10b | 7 | 20a | 19 | |
Clinical symptoms and signs | |||||||
Isolated headache | 16 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 0.361 |
Headache | 69 | 93 | 117 | 82 | 96 | 89 | 0.062 |
Nausea and vomiting | 22 | 30 | 43 | 30 | 42 | 39 | 0.283 |
Epileptic seizures | 18a | 24 | 63b | 44 | 29a | 27 | 0.002 |
Visual field defect | 17 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 0.817 |
Focal neurological | 11 | 15 | 41 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 0.068 |
Deficit | 16 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 0.277 |
Altered consciousness | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0.537 |
Cranial nerve palsies | |||||||
Radiological workup | |||||||
Cranial MRI | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0.975 |
Cranial MRV | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
Cranial MRI+MRV | 65 | 89 | 122 | 86 | 97 | 90 | |
Cranial CT+MRV | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Number of sinuses involved | |||||||
1 sinus | 35 | 47 | 68 | 48 | 40 | 37 | 0.490 |
2 sinuses | 26 | 35 | 51 | 36 | 49 | 45 | |
More than 2 sinuses | 13 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 18 | |
Involved sinuses | |||||||
Isolated transverse | 21 | 28 | 34 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 0.547 |
Sinuses | 11 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 0.838 |
Isolated sagittal | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.926 |
Sinuses | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.051 |
Isolated sigmoid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.526 |
Sinuses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Isolated cortical veins | 57 | 77 | 99 | 70 | 87 | 81 | 0.132 |
Isolated jugular sinus | 30 | 41 | 53 | 37 | 44 | 41 | 0.830 |
Isolated cavernous | 25 | 34 | 60 | 42 | 49 | 45 | 0.284 |
Sinuses | 13 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 0.490 |
Transverse sinuses | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0.120 |
Sigmoid sinuses | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.798 |
Sagittal sinuses | |||||||
Internal jugular vein | |||||||
Cortical veins | |||||||
Cavernous sinuses | |||||||
Parenchymal involvement | |||||||
No lesion | 48a | 65 | 63b | 44 | 53b | 49 | 0.002 |
Infarction | 12a | 16 | 37a | 26 | 17a | 16 | |
Hemorrhagic | 12a | 16 | 40a | 28 | 28a | 26 | |
Infarction | 2a | 3 | 2a | 1 | 10b | 9 | |
Intracerebral | |||||||
Hemorrhage |
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; MRV: magnetic resonance venography; CT: computed tomography.