Table 1 Demographics characteristics between AAE (+) and AAE (-).

From: Association between vertebrobasilar artery calcification and artery-to-artery embolism in the posterior circulation

 

AAE (+) (N = 56)

AAE (-) (N = 95)

P value

Demographics

Age, mean (SD), year

61.54 (8.38)

61.34 (8.73)

0.891

Male, No. (%)

41 (73.21%)

65 (68.42%)

0.584

Risk factors

HTN, No. (%)

54 (96.43%)

83 (87.37%)

0.083

DM, No. (%)

32 (57.14%)

60 (63.16%)

0.493

HLD, No. (%)

22 (39.29%)

43 (45.26%)

0.501

CHD, No. (%)

22 (39.29%)

27 (28.42%)

0.208

Smoking, No. (%)

20 (35.71%)

32 (33.68%)

0.86

Medications before stroke

Statin, No. (%)

15 (26.79%)

16 (16.84%)

0.151

Antiplatelet agents, No. (%)

15 (26.79%)

20 (21.05%)

0.431

Laboratory data

HDL, median (IQR), mg/dL

19.62 (17.15, 22.82)

19.08 (15.84, 21.60)

0.517

LDL, median (IQR), mg/dL

37.08 (29.88, 55.03)

40.14 (31.32, 51.12)

0.884

TC, median (IQR), mg/dL

63.54 (54.54, 84.11)

67.32 (57.24, 80.10)

0.967

TG, median (IQR), mg/dL

23.49 (19.89, 32.58)

24.30 (18.00, 31.50)

0.581

Time interval from symptoms onset to MRI study, median (IQR), day

20 (14, 28)

17.5 (8, 28)

0.232

Infarct locations

81

150

0.947

Medulla

4 (4.94%)

5 (3.33)

 

Pons

32 (39.51%)

54 (36%)

 

Midbrain

0

1 (0.67%)

 

Cerebellum

25 (30.86%)

47 (31.34%)

 

Occipital lobe

15 (18.52%)

28 (18.67%)

 

Temporal lobe

1 (1.23%)

5 (3.33%)

 

Thalamus

2 (2.47%)

5 (3.33%)

 

Callosum

2 (2.47%)

5 (3.33%)

 
  1. AAE artery-to-artery embolism, CHD coronary heart disease, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, HLD hyperlipidemia, HDL high-density lipoprotein, IQR interquartile range, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SD standard deviation, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride.