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. 2021 Jan 27;11(1):15–21. doi: 10.1159/000513503

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients according to the presence of CAA-unrelated and CAA-related ICH

CAA-unrelated ICH (n = 56) CAA-related ICH (n = 48) p value
Age, years 59.6±13.9 70.9±10.2 0.007
Male sex 38 (68.9) 24 (50.0) 0.064
Hypertension 40 (71.4) 36 (75.0) 0.825
Dyslipidemia 27 (48.2) 28 (58.3) 0.303
Diabetes 10 (17.9) 11 (22.9) 0.522
Antiplatelet therapy 7 (12.5) 9 (18.8) 0.378
Anticoagulation therapy 9 (16.1) 10 (20.8) 0.531
Admission Glasgow Coma Scale 15 (13–15) 14 (14–15) 0.974
Admission systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 155 (133–174) 144 (132–153) 0.029
Admission diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 87 (69–101) 75 (67–83) 0.006
Admission glucose, mg/dL 120 (109–149) 109 (103–131) 0.040
Admission INR 1.0 (1.0–1.2) 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.880
Admission platelet count, /µL 211 (153–254) 201 (167–230) 0.719
ICH location
 Lobar 11 (19.6) 45 (93.8) <0.001
 Deep 33 (58.9) 0 <0.001
 Infratentorial 12 (21.4) 3 (6.3) 0.047
Intraventricular rupture 14 (25.0) 14 (29.2) 0.633
Emergent neurosurgery 6 (10.7) 2 (4.2) 0.282
MRI findings
 Age-related white matter changes score
  Periventricular 1 (1–2) 2 (1–3) 0.107
  Deep 1 (1–2) 2 (1–3) 0.142
 Enlarged perivascular spaces score
  Centrum semiovale 1 (1–2) 2.5 (1–3) <0.001
  Basal ganglia 2 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.119
 Number of microbleeds
  Lobar 0 (0–1) 5 (1–9) <0.001
  Basal ganglia 0 (0–2) <0.001
  Infratentorial 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 0.930
 Cortical superficial siderosis 4 (7.1) 28 (58.3) <0.001
 Focal (≤3 sulci) 1 (1.8) 13 (27.1) <0.001
 Disseminated (>3 sulci) 3 (5.4) 15 (31.3) 0.001
30-day mortality 2 (3.6) 1 (2.1) 1.000
Follow-up, months 27 (21–43) 24 (14–43) 0.396
ICH recurrence 0 13 (27.1) <0.001

Data is presented as n (%), mean ± SD, and median (interquartile range). CAA, cerebral amyloid angiopathy; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; INR, international normalized ratio; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.