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Table 1 Summary of clinical characteristics of this study population (N = 58)

From: Co-existing intracranial and extracranial carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques and recurrent stroke risk: a three-dimensional multicontrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

 

Mean ± SD or N (%)

p

All patients

Patients with only carotid plaques

Patients with co-existing plaques

Age, years

58.0 ± 8.5

57.2 ± 9.0

58.3 ± 8.5

0.703

Sex, male

34 (58.6)

4 (30.8)

30 (66.7)

0.021

BMI, kg/m2

25.5 ± 3.4

27.0 ± 3.1

25.0 ± 3.4

0.065

SBP, mmHg

142.1 ± 24.7

141.9 ± 23.8

142.2 ± 25.2

0.970

DBP, mmHg

90.2 ± 13.9

89.6 ± 12.5

90.3 ± 14.4

0.871

Hypertension

40 (69)

9 (69.2)

31 (68.9)

0.981

Diabetes

21 (36.2)

4 (30.8)

17 (37.8)

0.643

Smoking

30 (51.7)

5 (38.5)

25 (55.6)

0.277

Hyperlipidemia

49 (84.5)

8 (61.5)

41 (91.1)

0.009

Statin

45 (77.6)

8 (61.5)

37 (82.2)

0.115

LDL, mmol/L

3.1 ± 1.2

2.6 ± 0.6

3.3 ± 1.2

0.081

HDL, mmol/L

1.1 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.4

0.759

TC, mmol/L

4.7 ± 1.0

4.4 ± 0.9

4.8 ± 1.0

0.154

TG, mmol/L

1.7 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 0.7

1.7 ± 0.8

0.745

Stroke

52 (89.7)

12 (92.3)

40 (88.9)

0.721

TIA

18 (31.0)

4 (30.8)

14 (31.1)

0.981

Coronary heart disease

10 (17.2)

2 (15.4)

8 (17.8)

0.841

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, LDL lower density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides