Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients.

From: Risk factors for the persistence of unruptured intracranial vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms treated with flow diverters

Characteristic

Overall (n = 77)

Complete occlusion group (n = 53)

Persistence group (n = 24)

P-value

Age, median (IQR), year

53 (47–58)

53 (47–58)

53 (47–58)

0.978

Sex, male, n (%)

61 (79.2)

41 (77.4)

20 (83.3)

0.549

Smoking, n (%)

26 (33.8)

17 (32.1)

9 (37.5)

0.641

Hypertension, n (%)

42 (54.5)

33 (62.3)

9 (37.5)

0.043

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

21 (27.3)

16 (30.2)

5 (20.8)

0.393

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

10 (13.0)

6 (11.3)

4 (16.7)

0.493

Coronary artery disease, n (%)

3 (3.9)

3 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

0.548

Pre-procedural mRS > 2, n (%)

3 (3.9)

3 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

0.548

Dominant VA, n (%)*

54 (70.1)

37 (69.8)

17 (70.8)

0.877

Significant stenosis, n (%)

9 (13.0)

3 (7.5)

6 (25.0)

0.023

BA involvement, n (%)

3 (3.9)

1 (1.9)

2 (8.3)

0.228

Entirely involved circumference, n (%)

40 (51.9)

25 (47.2)

15 (62.5)

0.212

PICA involvement, n (%)

18 (23.4)

9 (17.0)

9 (37.5)

0.049

Maximum diameter, median (IQR), mm

10.8 (9.0–14.6)

11.1 (9.0–14.6)

9.9 (8.9–14.7)

0.708

  1. *There are 2 missing data points.
  2. BA basilar artery, IQR interquartile range, mRS modified Rankin Scale, PICA posterior inferior cerebellar artery, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, VA vertebral artery.