Table 2. Clinical data of posterior circulating ischemia according to prognosis.

	Total	Good prognosis	Poor prognosis	p-value
n	79	55	24	−
Age, years old x̅ ± SD		59.44 ± 14.977	65.21 ± 13.609	0.113
Sex, n (%)		(30/25)	(9/15)	0.132
BMI, kg/m2, x̅ ± SD		25.77 ± 4.23	24.92 ± 3.69	0.242
Smoking, n (%)		13 (23.6)	6 (25)	0.721
Drinking, n (%)		5 (9.0)	1 (4.0)	0.820
Prior vascular risk factors, n (%)
Hypertension		37 (67.2)	20 (83.3)	0.954
Diabetes mellitus		18 (32.7)	19 (79.1)	0.702
Hypercholesterolemia		39 (70.9)	15 (62.5)	0.532
NIHSS at admission, median (IQR)		3.00 (1.00–15.00)	9.50 (2.50–14.50)	0.456
GCS at admission, x̅ ± SD		9.91 ± 6.631	11.83 ± 5.623	0.192
Stroke subtype				0.102
Large artery atherosclerosis	49	38 (69.0)	11 (45.8)
Small vessel occlusion	30	22 (40.0)	8 (33.3)
Laboratory findings
BNP, pg/nl		27.20 (10.50–71.90)	134.60 (60.65–190.21)	0.000
cTnI, ng/L		0.005 (0.002–0.012)	0.011 (0.005–0.013)	0.034
cTnT, ng/L		0.009 (0.007–0.014)	0.015 (0.009–0.019)	0.013
IL-6, mmol/L		3.75 (2.31–5.95)	9.82 (7.78–24.50)	0.000
Glucose level, mmol/L		6.36 (5.62–8.11)	7.15 (6.00–9.65)	0.200
BUN, mg/L		5.30 (4.43–6.05)	6.15 (4.20–8.10)	0.166
Cr, mg/L		63.50 (54.75–69.95)	62.30 (5'0.80–84.75)	0.721
TBIL, μmol/L		13.37 (10.24–19.01)	13.98 (7.97–19.85)	0.737
ALT, U/L		23.00 (17.00–31.00)	15.00 (8.50–20.00)	0.001
GOT, U/L		20.00 (15.50–24.00)	16.50 (13.99–21.00)	0.039
D-dimer, mg/l		0.31 (0.21–0.47)	0.720 (0.39–1.22)	0.000
CRP, mg/l		2.50 (2.41–4.15)	5.30 (3.00–12.53)	0.002

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine transaminase; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; CRP, C-reactive protein; cTnI, troponin I; cTnT, troponin T; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; GOT, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase; IL-6, interleukin-6; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SD, standard deviation; TBIL, total bilirubin.