From: Circular RNA expression profile in blood according to ischemic stroke etiology
Atherothrombotic (n = 8) | Cardioembolic (n = 14) | Undetermined (n = 8) | p-value | |
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Age—years, median (IQR) | 70 (55–80) | 75 (70.5–77) | 66.5 (49–77) | 0.366 |
Male, n (%) | 7 (87.5) | 7 (50) | 5 (62.5) | 0.214 |
High blood pressure, n (%) | 6 (75) | 12 (85.7) | 3 (37.5) | 0.056 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 2 (25) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (25) | 0.765 |
Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 3 (37.5) | 9 (64.3) | 5 (62.5) | 0.441 |
Smoker, n (%) | 4 (50) | 2 (20) | 3 (42.9) | 0.38 |
Cardiopathy, n (%) | 3 (37.5) | 6 (42.9) | 0 (0) | 0.093 |
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 0 (0) | 15 (100) | 0 (0) | < 0.001*** |
Peripheral arteropathy, n (%) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.053 |
Basal mRankin, median (IQR) | 0.5 (0–1) | 0 (0–1.25) | 0 (0–0.75) | 0.565 |
Basal NIHSS, median (RIQ) | 8.5 (5–18) | 20 (17–22) | 19 (18–20) | 0.049* |
Significant ipsilateral carotid stenosis (%) | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (14.3) | < 0.001*** |
Hemorrhagic transformation, n (%) | 5 (62.5) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (25) | 0.206 |
Discharge mRankin, median (IQR) | 4.5 (2–6) | 4 (2–5) | 3 (0.5–5) | 0.434 |