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, 𝑛=14	Absent, 𝑛=54
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/m^2, 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.