Relationship between Blood Stasis Syndrome Score and Cardioankle Vascular Index in Stroke Patients
Table 2
Characteristics of the study participants.
Variables
Blood stasis syndrome
-value
No ()
Yes ()
Male sex, %
50.0 (11)
47.5 (56)
0.83
Mean age, y
56.0 (10.6)
62.8 (9.3)
0.003
Age, %
0.004
<40
4.5 (1)
1.7 (2)
40–49
27.3 (6)
9.3 (11)
50–59
22.7 (5)
20.3 (24)
60–69
40.9 (9)
42.4 (50)
≥70
4.5 (1)
26.3 (31)
Total cholestrol, mg/dL
176.14 (36.73)
179.79 (39.69)
0.69
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
127.32 (20.11)
137.97 (21.83)
0.04
Serum creatinine, mg/dL
0.69 (0.25)
0.73 (0.30)
0.53
Height, cm
161.60 (7.58)
161.34 (8.49)
0.90
CAVI
9.01 (1.12)
10.09 (1.72)
0.006
History MI, %
0 (0)
0 (0)
—
LVH, %
4.5 (1)
5.9 (7)
0.80
Diabetes, %
18.2 (4)
30.5 (36)
0.24
Hypertension, %
63.6 (14)
65.3 (77)
0.88
Current smoke, %
22.7 (5)
17.8 (21)
0.59
Stroke type
0.89
Infarction, %
81.8 (18)
80.5 (95)
Hemorrhage, %
18.2 (4)
19.5 (23)
Data are mean (SD) or % (). value represents significance of differences between groups using t-test, test. CAVI: Cardio-ankle vascular index; MI: Myocardial infarction; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy.
