TABLE 1.
Characteristics of patients and normal subjects.
| Characteristics | Patient | Normal subject |
| No. of subjects | 50 | 44 |
| Mean age ± SD (year) | 56.7 ± 15.2 | 53.3 ± 9.9 |
| Sex | ||
| Woman | 20 | 21 |
| Man | 30 | 23 |
| Infarct location | ||
| Right cerebral | 32 | |
| Left cerebral | 18 | |
| Hemorrhagic change | ||
| No | 31 | |
| Yes | 19 | |
| Infarct volume (cm3) | 34.07 ± 44.55 | |
| Infarct ADC (10–6 mm2/s) | 709.13 ± 310.39 | |
| Infarct FA | 0.149 ± 0.086 | |
| Time since stroke onset (day) | 17.1 ± 14.8 | |
| Mean ALPS index | ||
| Ipsilateral to infarct | 1.162 ± 0.126 | |
| Contralateral to infarct | 1.335 ± 0.160 |
Except where indicated, data are numbers of patients.
ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; ALPS, analysis along the perivascular space;
FA, fractional anisotropy; SD, standard deviation.