Research Article

Comparing Different Recording Lengths of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation: 5 versus 10 Minutes

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the subjects.

Stroke (+)Stroke (−) value

Age (range)56 ± 11 (33−80)47 ± 14 (20−67)0.001
Sex: male28 (76%)18 (35%)<0.001
Comorbidities
 Hypertension26 (70%)13 (25%)<0.001
 Diabetes14 (38%)7 (14%)0.012
 Hyperlipidemia23 (62%)23 (45%)0.134
NIHSS (range)3 ± 3 (0−15)
Stroke etiology
 LAA15 (40.5%)
 SVD22 (59.5%)

LAA: large artery atherosclerosis; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, obtained on the day of dCA assessment; and SVD: small vessel disease.