Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants.
From: Cerebral Motor Functional Connectivity at the Acute Stage: An Outcome Predictor of Ischemic Stroke
Characteristics | Controls (n = 25) | Patients with favorable outcomes (n = 44) | Patients with unfavorable outcomes (n = 23) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, median (IQR) | 57 (55–61) | 61 (52–65) | 59 (56–75) | 0.247 |
Male Sex | 16 (64%) | 30 (68%) | 12 (52%) | 0.604 |
Hypertension | 10 (40%) | 29 (66%)† | 21 (91%)‡ | 0.001* |
Diabetes Mellitus | 5 (20%) | 13 (30%) | 9 (39%) | 0.347 |
Hyperlipidemia | 8 (32%) | 30 (68%)† | 15 (65%)† | 0.010* |
Atrial fibrillation | 0 (0%) | 3 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 0.410 |
Lesion on the left side | 22 (50%) | 15 (65%) | 0.143 | |
NIHSS, median (IQR) | 3 (1–4) | 4 (3–9) | 0.005* | |
mRS at 3 months, median (IQR) | 1 (1-1) | 2 (2–3) | <0.001* | |
DWI lesion at the corticospinal tract | 25 (57%) | 18 (78%) | 0.206 | |
DWI lesion volume in cm3, median (IQR) | 0.60 (0.34–1.68) | 1.40 (0.67–2.08) | 0.124 | |
Stroke etiology | 0.858 | |||
Large artery atherosclerosis | 12 (27%) | 6 (26%) | ||
Small vessel disease | 28 (64%) | 16 (70%) | ||
Cardioembolism | 3 (7%) | 1 (4%) | ||
Other and undetermined etiologies | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | ||
White matter hyperintensities in T2 FLAIR | ||||
Periventricular Fazekas scale, median (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 1 (0–1)† | 1 (0–2)† | 0.014* |
Deep white matter Fazekas scale, median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (1–1)† | 1 (0–2)† | <0.001* |
