Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical-pathological characteristics of the patients.
| Sociodemografic and Clinical-Pathological Characteristics | Total (n = 82) |
EVT (n = 42) |
BMT (n = 40) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 67.60 (10.40) | 66.76 (10.15) | 68.47 (10.72) | 0.406 |
| Sex (male) | 43 (52.4) | 23 (54.8) | 20 (50) | 0.204 |
| Medical history | ||||
| Psychiatric history | 11 (13.4) | 8 (19) | 3 (7.5) | 0.128 |
| Hypertension | 55 (67.1) | 27 (64.3) | 28 (70) | 0.582 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 22 (26.8) | 12 (28.6) | 10 (25) | 0.715 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 52 (63.4) | 26 (61.9) | 26 (65) | 0.775 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 42 (51.2) | 20 (47.6) | 22 (55) | 0.504 |
| Cancer | 11 (13.4) | 5 (11.9) | 6 (15) | 0.681 |
| Previous stroke | 7 (8.5) | 1 (2.4) | 6 (15) | 0.041 |
| Previous TIA | 3 (3.7) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (5) | 0.337 |
| Toxic habits | ||||
| Alcohol | 0.786 | |||
| Never | 65 (79.3) | 33 (78.6) | 32 (80) | |
| Moderate | 13 (15.9) | 7 (16.7) | 6 (15) | |
| Severe | 3 (3.7) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (5) | |
| Former | 1 (1.2) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | |
| Smoking | 0.661 | |||
| Never | 53 (64.6) | 26 (61.9) | 27 (67.5) | |
| Moderate | 11 (13.4) | 6 (14.3) | 5 (12.5) | |
| Excessive | 5 (6.1) | 3 (7.1) | 2 (5) | |
| Former | 13 (15.9) | 7 (16.7) | 6 (15) |
Values in brackets for age are standard deviations and are percentages for all the other values of the sample. BMT: Best Medical Treatment, EVT: Endovascular Treatment.