Table 1 The characteristics of patients.

From: Vessel wall differences between middle cerebral artery and basilar artery plaques on magnetic resonance imaging

Patient characteristics (N = 71)

Age (mean ± SD)

57.45 ± 11.61

Female, N%

16 (22.54%)

Hypertension, N%

57 (80.28%)

Diabetes mellitus, N%

29 (40.85%)

Dyslipidemia, N%

37 (52.11%)

Current smoking, N%

36 (50.70%)

Coronary heart disease, N%

18 (25.35%)

Patients with one plaque, N%

49 (69.01%)

Patients with two plaques, N%

16 (22.54%)

Patients with three plaques, N%

4 (5.63%)

Patients with four plaques, N%

2 (2.82%)

Patients with only MCA plaque, N%

46 (64.79%)

Patients with only BA plaque, N%

21 (29.58%)

Patients with MCA and BA plaques, N%

4 (5.63%)

  1. MCA, middle cerebral artery; BA, basilar artery.