Middle Cerebral Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques in Recent Small Subcortical Infarction: A Three-Dimensional High-resolution MR Study

Table 1

Demographic and baseline characteristics of the patients.

	RSSI ()
Age, median (range)	54.6 (40–70)
Male gender, %	16 (88.9)
Hypertension, %	12 (66.7%)
Diabetes, %	4 (22.2%)
Hyperlipidemia, %	10 (55.6%)
Current smoker, %	13 (72.2%)
NIHSS, median (range)	2.78 (0–12)
Maximum infarction diameter, mm,; median (range)	14.7 (8.8–20)
Time from stroke onset to the second MRI,; days, median (range)	12 (3–28)

Except for ranges, values are counts (percentages).