Table 2.
Comparison of the clinical outcomes between watershed infarcts (external, internal) and control.
| Outcome | Watershed infarct external (n = 93) n(%) |
Watershed infarct internal (n = 119) n(%) |
Control (n = 212) n(%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional Outcome (mRS at 90 days) | ||||
| Good outcome | 50 (83) | 64 (74) | 121 (79) | 0.435b |
| Poor outcome | 10 (17) | 22 (26) | 33 (21) | |
| Mortality | ||||
| Yes | 12 (13) | 7 (6) | 16 (8) | 0.159b |
| Need for ICU admission | ||||
| Yes | 18 (19) | 16 (13) | 46 (22) | 0.182b |
| Readmission for CVS cause | ||||
| Yes | 12 (13) | 18 (15) | 44 (21) | <0.0001*b |
eKruskal Wallis test was used; bchi square test was used, cfisher's exact test was used.