TABLE 1.
Comparison of baseline characteristics between the patients and the healthy controls.
| Patients (n = 99) | Controls (n = 50) | P-value | |||
| LAA (n = 49) | SAO (n = 50) | Total | |||
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 58.08 ± 12.827 | 58.04 ± 10.234 | 58.06 ± 11.531 | 57.60 ± 2.718 | 0.781 |
| Male, n (%) | 36 (73.5) | 37 (74.0) | 73 (73.7) | 36 (72.0) | 0.821 |
| Medical history, n (%) | |||||
| Hypertension | 29 (52.9) | 24 (48.0) | 53 (53.5) | 13 (26.0) | 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 13 (26.5) | 7 (14.0) | 20 (20.2) | 8 (16.0) | 0.535 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 5 (10.2) | 4 (8.0) | 9 (9.1) | 8 (16.0) | 0.210 |
| Coronary heart disease | 3 (6.1) | 2 (4.0) | 5 (5.1) | 1 (2.0) | 0.664 |
| Smoking | 21 (42.9) | 20 (40.0) | 41 (41.4) | 9 (18.0) | 0.004 |
| Drinking | 18 (36.7) | 19 (38.0) | 37 (37.4) | 16 (32.0) | 0.518 |
LAA, large artery atherosclerosis; SAO, small artery occlusion.