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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke

 

VE (n = 142)

No VE (n = 337)

P value

Age (years)

65.4 ± 10.9

62.7 ± 13.4

0.035

Male (%)

99 (70.2%)

166 (50%)

<0.001

Height (cm)

162.2 ± 9.1

161.5 ± 839

0.525

Weight (kg)

63.7 ± 9.6

63.4 ± 11.3

0.825

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 14

24.9 ± 9.1

0.655

Hypertension (%)

86 (61.8%)

159 (54.1%)

0.077

Diabetes (%)

53 (38.1%)

62 (21.0%)

<0.001

Dyslipidemia (%)

92 (67.1%)

202 (68.7%)

0.414

Smoking (%)

31 (22.3%)

59 (20.1%)

0.664

Territory infarction (%)

54 (38.8%)

127 (41.7%)

0.317

SBP (mmHg)

135.4 ± 22.7

133.1 ± 19.5

0.277

DBP (mmHg)

82.3 ± 14.6

81.9 ± 13.3

0.845

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

53.9 ± 16.7

51.5 ± 13.6

0.106

  1. BMI body mass index, CVA cerebrovascular accident, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure
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