Table 3.
Characteristics | n = 170 | Age in Years | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | |||
Severity | ||||
Yes | 96 | 54.5 | 14.7 | 0.305 |
No | 74 | 51.5 | 16.5 | |
Fatality | ||||
Yes | 49 | 55.2 | 15.8 | 0.331 |
No | 121 | 52.4 | 15.4 | |
Ischemic stroke | ||||
Yes | 62 | 57.5 | 15.4 | 0.005 * |
No | 108 | 50.7 | 15.1 | |
Hemorrhagic stroke | ||||
Yes | 41 | 51.2 | 13.1 | 0.226 |
No | 129 | 53.8 | 16.2 | |
Encephalitis | ||||
Yes | 23 | 48.5 | 13.8 | 0.108 |
No | 147 | 53.9 | 15.7 | |
Encephalopathy | ||||
Yes | 11 | 50.3 | 11.8 | 0.406 |
No | 159 | 53.4 | 15.8 | |
CNS inflammation | ||||
Yes | 44 | 53.3 | 15.8 | 0.859 |
No | 126 | 53.2 | 15.5 | |
Olfactory bulb enhancement | ||||
Yes | 3 | 29.0 | 5.3 | 0.011 * |
No | 167 | 53.6 | 15.3 | |
Cranial nerve enhancement | ||||
Yes | 6 | 49.2 | 19.7 | 0.657 |
No | 164 | 53.3 | 15.4 | |
GBS and its variant | ||||
Yes | 3 | 51.7 | 13.7 | 0.836 |
No | 167 | 53.2 | 15.6 | |
Others | ||||
Yes | 6 | 62.3 | 10.3 | 0.147 |
No | 164 | 52.9 | 15.6 |
* p-value significant at <0.05. Others include pachymeningeal enhancement and nonspecific findings such as FLAIR hyperintensities in deep white matter.