Clinical Features, Etiology, and 6-Month Prognosis of Isolated Corpus Callosum Infarction

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients in the ICCI and control groups.

Variable	ICCI	Control	P
	(n=30)	(n=60)
Age, median (range), years	64 (38-80)	63 (38-79)	- - -
Male sex, %	63.3	63.3	- - -
Infarction maximum diameter, median (range), mm	14.5 (8-90)	15.2 (9-88)	- - -
Atherosclerotic risk factors, n (%)
Hypertension	22 (73.3%)	40 (66.7%)	0.520
Diabetes	15 (50.0%)	26 (43.3%)	0.549
Hyperlipidemia	10 (33.3%)	24(40.0%)	0.539
Hyperhomocysteinemia	6 (20.0%)	18 (30.0%)	0.312
History of stroke	9 (30.0%)	15 (25.0%)	0.613
Coronary artery disease	5 (16.7%)	9 (15.0%)	0.837
Atrial fibrillation	3 (10.0%)	14 (23.3%)	0.128
Smoking	7 (23.3%)	20 (33.3%)	0.329
Alcoholism	6 (20.0%)	15 (25.0%)	0.597
Family history of vascular diseases	6 (20.0%)	17 (28.3%)	0.393
Stroke etiology
Large artery atherosclerosis	16 (53.3%)	20 (33.3%)	0.068
Cardiac embolism	5 (16.7%)	12 (20.0%)	0.703
Small artery occlusion	4 (13.3%)	19 (31.7%)	0.060
Other determined causes	4 (13.3%)	6 (10.0%)	0.906
Undetermined	1 (3.3%)	3 (5.0%)	1.000
Short-term prognosis
Favorable outcome	22 (73.3%)	29 (48.3%)	0.024

P<0.01 (0.05/5) was considered statistically significant by Bonferroni correction.