Table 1. Baseline characteristics of all PSCI and non-PSCI patients after ischemic stroke.

Characteristics	PSCI	Non-PSCI	p value
Age–year, mean ± SD	61.63 ± 8.47	58.67 ± 9.01	0.221
Sex–no. %
Male	24 (68.6%)	11 (31.4%)	0.226
Female	11 (52.4%)	10 (47.6%)
BMI–kg/m2, mean ± SD	23.94 ± 3.29	24.63 ± 3.95	0.483
Education–year, median (min-max)	12 (4–16)	12 (6–22)	0.058
Vascular risk factors–no. %
Yes	29 (67.4%)	14 (32.6%)	0.164
No	6 (46.1%)	7 (53.9%)
Anti-dyslipidemic use–no. %
Yes	27 (62.8%)	16 (37.2%)	1
No	8 (61.6%)	5 (38.4%)
VEGF–pg/ml, median (min-max)	501.6 (70.3–1647.3)	386.8 (149.2–1743.5)	0.106
Infarct volume–ml, median (min-max)	0.19 (0.02–16.08)	0.04 (0.003–1.49)	0.003**
Infarct location (regions)–no. %
Cortical	3 (75.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0.317
Subcortical	29 (59.1%)	20 (39.2%)
Cortical and subcortical (both)	3 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Infarct side (hemisphere)–no. %
Right	12 (46.2%)	14 (53.8%)	0.018*
Left	15 (68.2%)	7 (31.8%)
Right and left (both)	8 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)
NIHSS–no. %			0.783
Minor	17 (60.7%)	11 (39.3%)
Moderate	18 (64.3%)	10 (35.7%)

PSCI, post-stroke cognitive impairment; BMI, body mass index; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; NIHSS, The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SD, standard deviation.

*p <0.05;

**p <0.01.