Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population (n = 176)
From: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography predicts cardiovascular events after TIA
Age (y)* | 63.3 ± 14,5 |
Sex, female (n) | 67 (38.1%) |
Hypertension (n) | 127 (72.2%) |
Diabetes mellitus (n) | 28 (15.9%) |
Hypercholesterolemia (n) | 84 (48.6%) |
Body mass index* | 25.8 ± 3.9 |
Nicotine abuse (n) | 80 (45.5%) |
Atrial fibrillation (n) | 24 (13.6%) |
Coronary artery disease (n) | 35 (19.9%) |
Cardiac failure (n) | 11 (6.4%) |
Peripheral artery disease (n) | 13 (7.4%) |
DWI abnormality (n) | 49 (28.3%) |
Duration (h)* | 4.7 ± 7.1 |
Duration ≥ 1 h and/or DWI abnormality (n) | 123 (72.4%) |
Vertebrobasilar TIA (n) | 42 (23.9%) |
ECD: stenoocclusion (n) | 34 (19.3%) |
TCD: abnormal (n) | 20 (12.3%) |