Research Article

CTA Characteristics of the Circle of Willis and Intracranial Aneurysm in a Chinese Crowd with Family History of Stroke

Table 1

The basic characteristics of the participants.

CharacteristicMales ()Females ()Total () value

Age (y; mean ± SD)50.9 ± 11.550.8 ± 9.250.9 ± 10.50.887
Hypertension, (%)79 (51.6)80 (62.5)159 (56.6)0.067
Diabetes, (%)15 (9.8)10 (7.8)25 (8.9)0.559
Hypertriglyceridemia, (%) 30 (19.6)58 (45.3)88 (31.3)<0.001
Low HDL-C, (%)38 (24.8)17 (13.3)55 (19.6)0.015
Smoking, (%)120 (78.4)6 (4.7)126 (44.8)<0.001
Alcohol use, (%)81 (52.9)5 (3.9)86 (29.9)<0.001
BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD)25.67 ± 3.2826.21 ± 4.9125.92 ± 3.730.221
Overweight, (%)91 (59.5)77 (60.2)168 (59.8)0.908
Education (y; mean ± SD)8 ± 2.885 ± 3.947 ± 3.60<0.001
Stroke, (%)10 (6.5)9 (7.0)19 (6.8)0.869

Data presented as (%) of patients or mean ± SD. value showing differences between males and females. Overweight indicates that obese individuals were included in the overweight individuals.