Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and imaging findings of patients with different symptom stages.

	ALL (n=126)	Symptomatic (n=66)	Asymptomatic (n=60)	p value
Age	61.5±10.0	61.7±10.5	61.4±9.4	0.86
Sex (male)	82 (65.1%)	50 (75.8%)	32 (53.3%)	<0.001*
Diabetes	42 (33.3%)	23 (34.8%)	19 (31.7%)	0.71
Smoking	35 (27.8%)	25 (37.9%)	10 (16.7%)	<0.001*
Hypertension	101(80.2%)	52 (78.8%)	49 (81.7%)	0.69
Hyperlipidemia	65 (51.6%)	38 (57.6%)	27 (45.0%)	0.16
Coronary Artery Disease	5 (4.0%)	3 (4.5%)	2 (3.3%)	0.73
Pre-admission Aspirin use	31 (24.6%)	21 (31.8%)	10 (16.7%)	0.06
Pre-admission Statin use	17 (13.5%)	10 (15.2%)	7 (11.7%)	0.57
NIHSS score (median and range)	1 (0,11)	2 (0,11)	0 (0,4)	<0.001*
Degree of Stenosis (%)	52.6±15.8	52.4±15.5	52.8±16.1	0.88
Enhancement Percentage (%)	17.4± 28.4	25.5±26.1	8.5±28.5	<0.001*
Intraplaque Haemorrhage	22 (17.5%)	21 (31.8%)	1 (1.7%)	<0.001*
Minimum Lumen Area (mm2)	3.2±2.7	3.7±2.8	2.7±2.6	0.04*
Plaque Burden (%)	84.0±9.1	83.6±9.8	84.4±8.2	0.62

NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale

^*Statistically significant