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. 2021 Sep 15;11:18710. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98196-1

Author Correction: Peripheral vasoreactivity in acute ischemic stroke with hemiplegia

Su Jeong Wang 1, Chan‑Hyuk Lee 1, Hyun Goo Kang 1,2, Ko Woon Kim 1,2, Minjoo Kim 3, Hwan‑Jeong Jeong 3,✉,#, Byoung‑Soo Shin 1,2,✉,#
PMCID: PMC8443735  PMID: 34526610

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-021-88050-9, published online 20 April 2021

The original version of this Article contained errors in Tables 1, 2 and 3 where previous versions of the tables were published.

The original Tables 1, 2 and 3 and accompanying legends appear below.

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population.

Variables Raynaud scan p value
Preserved (n = 34) Impaired (n = 35)
Demographics
Age (years) 69.3 ± 10.2 63.0 ± 12.1 0.022
Male (%) 23 (67.6) 26 (74.3) 0.543
Conventional risk factors (%)
Hypertension 22 (64.7) 17 (48.6) 0.176
Diabetes mellitus 14 (41.2) 11 (31.4) 0.400
Dyslipidemia 10 (29.4) 9 (25.7) 0.731
Atrial fibrillation 2 (5.9) 6 (17.1) 0.259
Smoking 6 (17.6) 15 (42.9) 0.023
Previous stroke 7 (20.6) 5 (14.3) 0.490
Neurological Severity
Proximal muscle strength 4 [4–5] 4 [3.25–4] 0.390
Distal muscle strength 4 [3.75–5] 4 [3.25–4.75] 0.924
NIHSS at admission 4.5 [2–6] 4 [2–6.75] 0.325
NIHSS at discharge 2 [0–3] 2 [1–3.75] 0.308
Associated symptoms (%)
Affected limb edema 21 (61.8) 32 (91.4) 0.004
Abnormal sensation 9 (26.5) 8 (22.9) 0.728

NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

Table 2.

Diagnostic features of study population.

Variables Raynaud scan p value
Preserved (n = 34) Impaired (n = 35)
Stenosis of artery (%)
Intracranial 12 (35.3) 15 (42.9) 0.520
Extracranial 6 (17.6) 8 (22.9) 0.591
Distribution of lesion (%)
Anterior circulation 20 (58.8) 30 (85.7) 0.012
Cortex 5 (14.7) 12 (34.3) 0.059
Electrophysiologic test (%) b
QSART 22 (91.7) 17 (81.0) 0.396
SSR 4 (16.7) 3 (14.3) 1.000
Laboratory findings
White blood cell (103/µl) 7.75 ± 2.28 8.25 ± 2.78 0.424
Hemoglobin (1003/µl) 14.08 ± 1.77 14.09 ± 1.96 0.979
Platelet (103/µl) 248.65 ± 58.44 253.26 ± 73.88 0.775
ESR (mm/hr) 14.38 ± 10.79 16.63 ± 13.82 0.455
hs-CRP (mg/L) 5.22 ± 11.70 3.97 ± 9.95 0.631
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)a 169.5 ± 34.8 171.2 ± 32.7 0.833
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 159.8 ± 103.0 161.3 ± 87.0 0.948
HDL (mg/dl) 40.6 ± 8.6 43.3 ± 13.1 0.326
LDL (mg/dl) 109.0 ± 36.5 106.6 ± 32.1 0.721
HbA1c (%) 6.5 ± 1.4 6.5 ± 1.6 0.833

QSART Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test, SSR sympathetic skin response, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c.

aLipid profile (Preserved 33, Impaired 34).

bPreserved 24, Impaired 22.

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis according to Raynaud scan results.

Variables Univariate analysis Multivariate analysisa
Crude OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Demographics
Age (years) 0.951 (0.909–0.994) 0.026
Sex 0.724 (0.255–2.057) 0.544
Associated symptoms
Affected limb edema 6.603 (1.677–26.005) 0.007 15.364 (2.774–85.087) 0.002
Abnormal sensation 0.823 (0.275–2.465) 0.728
Conventional risk factors (%)
Hypertension 0.515 (0.196–1.354) 0.179
Diabetes mellitus 0.655 (0.244–1.758) 0.401
Dyslipidemia 0.831 (0.288–2.392) 0.731
Atrial fibrillation 3.310 (0.619–17.715) 0.162
Smoking 3.500 (1.157–10.589) 0.027
Previous stroke 0.643 (0.182–2.266) 0.492
Neurological Severity
Proximal muscle strength 0.798 (0.478–1.330) 0.386
Distal muscle strength 0.978 (0.622–1.537) 0.923
Stenosis of artery
Intracranial 1.375 (0.521–3.631) 0.520
Extracranial 1.383 (0.424–4.514) 0.591
Distribution of ischemic lesion
Anterior circulation 4.200 (1.307–13.497) 0.016 4.540 (1.257–16.397) 0.021
Cortex 3.026 (0.932–9.829) 0.065 4.885 (0.893–26.723) 0.067
Laboratory findings
White blood cell (103/µl) 1.082 (0.894–1.309) 0.419
Hemoglobin (1003/µl) 1.004 (0.777–1.296) 0.978
Platelet (103/µl) 1.001 (0.994–1.008) 0.771
ESR (mm/hr) 1.015 (0.976–1.056) 0.451
hs-CRP (mg/L) 0.989 (0.944–1.035) 0.630
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 1.002 (0.987–1.016) 0.830
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 1.000 (0.995–1.005) 0.947
HDL (mg/dl) 1.023 (0.978–1.071) 0.325
LDL (mg/dl) 0.998 (0.984–1.012) 0.774
HbA1c (%) 1.036 (0.748–1.435) 0.830

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c.

aAdjusted for age, smoking, affected limb edema, anterior circulation, and cortex.

The original Article has been corrected.

Contributor Information

Hwan‑Jeong Jeong, Email: jayjeong@jbnu.ac.kr.

Byoung‑Soo Shin, Email: sbsoo@jbnu.ac.kr.


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