Table 1 Clinical features of ε4 carriers and non-ε4 carriers.

From: The hypoperfusion intensity ratio associates with APOE gene polymorphism in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion

 

Non-ε4 carriers (ε2/ε3 or ε3/ε3) (n = 83)

ε4 carriers (ε3/ε4 or ε4/ε4) (n = 18)

P

Gender(male) (No.) (%)

51(61.45%)

16(88.89%)

0.026

Age (mean ± SD) (yr)

62.75 ± 11.65

62.67 ± 11.02

0.979

History of stroke/TIA (No.) (%)

24(28.92%)

7(38.89%)

0.406

History of cerebral hemorrhage (No.) (%)

1(1.20%)

1(5.56%)

0.326

Hypertension (No.) (%)

52(62.65%)

13(72.22%)

0.442

Diabetes (No.) (%)

23(27.71%)

6(33.33%)

0.633

Hyperlipidemia (No.) (%)

0

1(5.56%)

0.178

Coronary heart disease (No.) (%)

13(15.66%)

5(27.78%)

0.380

Atrial fibrillation (No.) (%)

13(15.66%)

1(5.56%)

0.454

Smoking (No.) (%)

27(32.53%)

4(22.22%)

0.390

Drinking (No.) (%)

8(9.64%)

0

0.373

BMI (mean ± SD)

23.95 ± 3.02

24.61 ± 2.21

0.387

HbA1c (median) (IQR) (%)

6(5.7, 6.7)

6.65(5.8, 8)

0.134

TC (mean ± SD) (mmol/l)

4 ± 1.08

4.11 ± 1.14

0.717

TG (median) (IQR) (mmol/l)

1.22(0.96, 1.71)

1.17(0.89, 1.71)

0.776

HDL-C (mean ± SD) (mmol/l)

1.03 ± 0.28

0.99 ± 0.26

0.570

LDL-C (mean ± SD) (mmol/l)

2.31 ± 0.71

3.05 ± 0.68

<0.001

HCY (median) (IQR) (umol/L)

16.1(11.4, 25)

16(12.38, 21.03)

0.759

UA (median) (IQR) (umol/L)

305.70(244, 362.54)

269.5(243.57, 305.7)

0.312

HGB (median) (IQR) (g/l)

139(129, 146)

137(130.25, 157.50

0.703

NIHSS (median) (IQR)

5(3, 9)

10.5(6.75, 16.75)

0.004

The side of artery occlusion(right) (No.) (%)

46(55.42%)

12(66.67%)

0.382

Occluded Vessel

0.261

 ICA

13(15.66%)

2(11.11%)

 

 ICA and MCA simultaneously occluded

11(13.25%)

0(0%)

 

 MCA

59(71.08%)

16(88.89%)

 

HIR ≥ 0.4 (No.) (%)

11(13.25%)

8(44.44%)

0.006

HIR (median) (IQR)

0.15(0.04, 0.33)

0.35(0.17, 0.56%)

0.012

IC volume (median) (IQR) (ml)

38(20.3, 70.9)

87.85(50.38, 114.35)

0.003

Ischemic penumbra volume (mean ± SD) (ml)

133.27 ± 70.40

153.21 ± 96.54

0.312

  1. SD, standard deviation; TIA, transient ischemic attack; BMI, Body Mass Index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; IQR, interquartile range; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HCY, homocysteine; UA, Uric acid; HGB, hemoglobin; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; HIR, hypoperfusion intensity ratio; IC, infarct core.