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. 2020 Sep 1;2020:8610903. doi: 10.1155/2020/8610903

Table 3.

Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of subgroups according to reproductive health-related risks.

Compared data of reproductive health-related risk factors Pregnancy Puerperium Oral contraceptive use p
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.