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. 2021 Sep 18;21:364. doi: 10.1186/s12883-021-02372-9

Table 2.

Differences of variables between the two WMLs groups

Variable moderate to severe WMLs group mild WMLs group Test Value P Value
(n = 63) (n = 188)
Age, y, median (IQR) 77 (74,79) 71 (66,75) 6.241 < 0.001
Male, n (%) 36 (57.1) 102 (54.3) 0.159 0.690
Smoking, n (%) 14 (22.2) 48 (25.5) 0.278 0.598
Hypertension, n (%) 60 (95.2) 136 (72.3) 14.459 < 0.001
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 17 (27.0) 35 (18.6) 2.011 0.156
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 12 (19.0) 31 (16.5) 0.218 0.641
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 23 (36.5) 29 (15.4) 12.769 < 0.001
Baseline SBP (mm Hg, ‾x ± s) 152.5 ± 21.0 143.7 ± 21.3 2.870 0.005
Baseline DBP (mm Hg, ‾x ± s) 88.4 ± 14.0 85.4 ± 12.9 1.490 0.139
Baseline NIHSS score, median (IQR) 11 (6,16) 6 (2,13) 3.514 < 0.001
Fazekas score, median (IQR) 3 (3,4) 2 (1,2) 12.492 < 0.001
sICH, n (%) 10 (15.9) 17 (9.0) 2.293 0.130
nsICH, n (%) 17 (27.0) 29 (15.4) 4.212 0.040
SAP,n (%) 30 (47.6) 49 (26.1) 10.165 0.001
Anticoagulant therapy, n (%) 32 (50.8) 110 (58.5) 1.144 0.285
Stroke recurrence, n (%) 3 (4.8) 5 (2.7) 0.166 0.411
Laboratory findings, mmol/l
Total cholesterol (‾x ± s) 4.1 ± 0.8 4.1 ± 0.9 0.146 0.884
Triglyceride (‾x ± s) 1.1 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.9 -1.234 0.219
LDL-C (‾x ± s) 2.3 ± 0.7 2.2 ± 0.7 1.232 0.221
Fasting glucose (‾x ± s) 6.3 ± 2.4 6.2 ± 2.2 0.314 0.754