Clinical Study
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with First-Ever Lacunar Stroke
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 68 patients with lacunar stroke according to the presence of Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
| Variables | Cheyne-Stokes respiration | P value | Present, | Absent, | |
| Sex, men/women | 9/5 | 28/26 | 0.405 | Age, years, mean (SD) | 76.7 (6.8) | 72.3 (10.0) | 0.101 | Body mass index, BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 26.3 (4.6) | 26.2 (3.2) | 0.788 | Respiratory data, mean (SD) | | | | AHI | 34.9 (21.7) | 18.5 (14.4) | 0.001 | Central apnea index | 13.1 (13.8) | 1.8 (3.4) | 0.000 | Obstructive events | 21.8 (12.7) | 16.7 (13.9) | 0.390 | Epworth sleepiness scale | 3.3 (2.6) | 5.4 (3.4) | 0.064 | CT90(%) | 8.4 (11.3) | 2.5 (5.2) | 0.110 | Vascular risk factors | | | | Hypertension | 11 (78.6) | 34 (63) | 0.271 | Diabetes mellitus | 4 (28.6) | 22 (40.7) | 0.404 | Previous TIA | 3 (21.4) | 4 (7.4) | 0.124 | Atrial fibrillation | 1 (7.1) | 6 (11.1) | 0.633 | Ischemic heart disease | 0 | 2 (3.7) | 0.465 | Peripheral artery disease | 1 (7.1) | 4 (7.4) | 0.973 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 (7.1) | 2 (3.7) | 0.577 | Dyslipidemia | 4 (28.6) | 8 (14.8) | 0.618 | Smoking | 4 (28.6) | 8 (14.8) | 0.229 | Alcohol abuse | 0 | 3 (5.6) | 0.367 | Salient clinical features | | | | Sudden onset | 6 (42.9) | 31 (57.4) | 0.330 | Headache | 2 (14.3) | 7 (13) | 0.896 | Motor deficit | 11 (78.6) | 37 (68.5) | 0.462 | Sensory deficit | 4 (28.6) | 20 (37) | 0.555 | Speech disturbances | 7 (50) | 35 (64.8) | 0.309 | Lacunar syndrome | | | 0.163 | Pure motor hemiparesis | 6 (42.9) | 24 (44.4) | 0.915 | Pure sensory stroke | 0 | 12 (12.2) | 0.121 | Sensorimotor stroke | 3 (21.4) | 3 (5.6) | 0.181 | Ataxic hemiparesis + dysarthria clumsy hand | 3 (21.4) | 9 (16.7) | 0.982 | Atypical syndrome | 2 (14.3) | 6 (11.1) | 1.0 | Topography of lacunes | | | | Internal capsule | 5 (37.5) | 21 (38.9) | 0.828 | Centrum semiovale | 3 (21.4) | 4 (7.4) | 0.124 | Basal ganglia | 0 | 6 (11.1) | 0.191 | Thalamus | 1 (7.1) | 11 (20.4) | 0.247 | Pons | 5 (35.7) | 14 (25.9) | 0.467 |
|
|
Data as numbers and percentages in parenthesis unless otherwise stated.
|