Clinical Comparison of Outcomes of Early versus Delayed Carotid Artery Stenting for Symptomatic Cerebral Watershed Infarction due to Stenosis of the Proximal Internal Carotid Artery

Table 1

Baseline data of 120 patients with symptomatic cerebral watershed infarction.

	Early CAS group ()	Delayed CAS group ()	value
Age (years)			0.89
Gender			0.84
Male ()	32	31
Female ()	31	27
Medical history
Hypertension ()	40	33	0.53
Hyperlipidemia ()	36	34	0.78
Diabetes mellitus ()	15	17	0.46
CAD ()	18	16	0.95
Smoking ()	24	21	0.89
NHISS score at admission			0.15
mRS score ≤ 2 at admission, (%)	24 (38%)	17 (29%)	0.41
Mean stenosis (%)			0.91

Data was expressed as means ± SD; number or percentage was expressed as appropriate. CAD, coronary artery disease; NHISS score, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score; mRS score, modified Rankin Scale score.
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Chi-square test.