Table 5 Characteristics of CADASIL patients with exon 11 variant and those with other variants.

From: Genetic and imaging features of CADASIL patients with acute ischemic stroke

 

Exon 11 (N = 39)

Others (N = 102)

p-value

Age at initial imaging (years)

59.2 ± 10.3

52.1 ± 11.3

0.001

Male sex

18 (46.2)

39 (41.5)

0.621

Risk factors

Hypertension

14 (35.9)

12 (12.9)

0.002

Diabetes mellitus

9 (23.1)

6 (6.4)

0.006

Hypercholesterolemia

11 (28.2)

26 (27.7)

0.949

Coronary heart disease

4 (10.3)

1 (1.1)

0.026

Smoking history

9 (23.1)

25 (26.6)

0.672

Family history of CADASIL

8 (20.5)

23 (24.5)

0.623

Family history of stroke

21 (53.8)

64 (68.1)

0.120

Presence of AIS

13 (33.3)

53 (56.4)

0.016

SVD markers

Presence of lacune

30 (76.9)

67 (72.0)

0.562

Number of lacune

3.9 ± 4.5

4.3 ± 4.8

0.721

Presence of CMB

20 (60.6)

43 (55.1)

0.594

Number of CMB

7.9 ± 14.0

4.5 ± 8.6

0.114

White matter hyperintensities

Deep

  

0.126

0–1

6 (15.4)

10 (10.8)

 

2

11 (28.2)

44 (47.3)

 

3

22 (56.4)

39 (41.9)

 

Perivascular

  

0.057

0–1

4 (10.3)

6 (6.5)

 

2

3 (7.7)

24 (25.8)

 

3

32 (82.1)

63 (67.7)

 

Perivascular space (grade)

  

0.128

0

7 (17.9)

15 (16.1)

 

1

20 (51.3)

63 (67.7)

 

2–4

12 (30.8)

15 (16.1)

 

Anterior temporal pole lesions

18 (46.2)

54 (58.7)

0.187

External capsule lesions

34 (87.2)

79 (85.9)

0.842

  1. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).
  2. CADASIL: cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts stroke, AIS: acute ischemic stroke, SVD: small vessel disease, CMB: cerebral microbleeds.