Research Article
Right-to-Left Shunt Does Not Increase the Incidence of Silent Lacunar Infarcts in Patients with Migraine
Table 1
Comparisons of cerebral vascular disease risk factors between right-to-left shunt (RLS) and non-RLS groups.
| Risk factors | RLS group | Non-RLS group | P value | (total 126) | (total 136) | (%) | (%) |
| Hypertension | 7 (6%) | 16 (12%) | 0.07 | Diabetes | 1 (1%) | 4 (3%) | 0.41 | Smoking | 20 (16%) | 24 (17%) | 0.68 | Coronary heart disease | 3 (2%) | 3 (2%) | 1.00 | Hyperlipidemia | 4 (3%) | 6 (4%) | 0.83 |
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