Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and controls.

From: Establishing the distribution of cerebrovascular resistance using computational fluid dynamics and 4D flow MRI

 

Stenotic group (N = 29, 22 men)

Non-stenotic group (N = 19, 13 men)

All patients (N = 48, 35 men)

Controls (N = 56, 36 men)

Age (years)

73 ± 6†

67 ± 7†

71 ± 7*

74 ± 4*

Stenosis degree (%)

75 ± 12 (ipsilateral)

67 ± 10 (contralateral, N = 9)

N/A

N/A

N/A

mRS score

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

N/A

NIHSS score

1 (0–6)

0 (0–3)

1 (0–6)

N/A

SBP (mmHg)

137 ± 17

132 ± 19

135 ± 18*

142 ± 19*

DBP (mmHg)

70 ± 10

74 ± 12

72 ± 11*

81 ± 10*

MAP (mmHg)

92 ± 11

94 ± 13

93 ± 12*

102 ± 12*

Heart rate (bpm)

65 ± 11

69 ± 10

67 ± 11

68 ± 11

Hypertension (N)

22 (76%)

11 (58%)

33 (69%)

31 (55%)

Hyperlipidemia (N)

16 (55%)

6 (32%)

22 (46%)*

12 (21%)*

Diabetes mellitus (N)

7 (24%)

4 (21%)

11 (23%)

6 (11%)

Ever smoker (N)

19 (66%)

9 (47%)

28 (58%)

36 (64%)

  1. Significant difference was tested with Student’s t-test for continuous variables and chi-squared test for categorical variables between the patient subgroups (†) as well as between all patients and the controls (*), where significance (p < 0.05) is highlighted in bold. mRS modified Rankin Score, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure.
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