The Discriminative Efficacy of Retinal Characteristics on Two Traditional Chinese Syndromes in Association with Ischemic Stroke
Table 1
Clinical and retinal characteristics of the two TCM syndrome groups.
Characteristics
QDBS group (n = 81)
PSIC group (n = 99)
value
Clinical characteristics
Age (years)
62.185 ± 11.617
61.283 ± 12.742
0.820
BMI (kg/m2)
23.405 ± 3.765
23.21 ± 2.663
0.627
Sex
0.019
Male
28 (34.6%)
19 (19.2%)
Female
53 (65.4%)
80 (80.8%)
Drinking
0.051
No
70 (86.4%)
74 (74.7%)
Yes
11 (13.6%)
25 (25.3%)
Insomnia
0.023
No
44 (54.3%)
70 (70.7%)
Yes
37 (45.7%)
29 (29.3%)
Hypertension
0.844
No
19 (23.5%)
22 (22.2%)
Yes
62 (76.5%)
77 (77.8%)
Diabetes
0.620
No
42 (51.9%)
55 (55.6%)
Yes
39 (48.1%)
44 (44.4%)
CHD
0.588
No
61 (75.3%)
71 (71.7%)
Yes
20 (24.7%)
28 (28.3%)
Abnormal lipid level
0.560
No
54 (66.7%)
70 (70.7%)
Yes
27 (33.3%)
29 (29.3%)
High homocysteine level
0.340
No
74 (91.4%)
86 (86.9%)
Yes
7 (8.6%)
13 (13.1%)
Retinal characteristics
CRAE
12.378 ± 1.195
12.451 ± 1.209
0.826
CRVE
18.897 ± 1.207
19.058 ± 1.229
0.364
AVR
0.650 ± 0.024
0.644 ± 0.023
0.117
Vasym
0.791 ± 0.013
0.789 ± 0.015
0.322
Aasym
0.8240 ± 0.014
0.8248 ± 0.014
0.704
Vangle
74.570 ± 2.414
74.450 ± 2.141
0.388
Aangle
70.150 ± 2.271
69.869 ± 2.066
0.492
BCV
1.352 ± 0.054
1.346 ± 0.052
0.510
BCA
1.743 ± 0.050
1.745 ± 0.046
0.589
Tortuosity
0.452 ± 0.067
0.474 ± 0.073
0.027
Nicking
0.236 ± 0.051
0.240 ± 0.043
0.539
Hemorrhage
0.330 ± 0.078
0.346 ± 0.089
0.218
Aocclusion
0.228 ± 0.087
0.216 ± 0.085
0.428
Exudates
0.346 ± 0.091
0.341 ± 0.088
0.686
The Mann–Whitney test was used due to skewness of the data; detail information is given in the supplementary. CRAE: central retinal artery equivalent; CRVE: central retinal vein equivalent; AVR: arterial-venous ratio; Aasym: asymmetry index of arterioles; Vasym: asymmetry index of venules; Vangle: bifurcation angles of venule; Aangle: bifurcation angles of arterioles; BCV: bifurcation coefficient of venule; BCA: bifurcation coefficient of arterioles; Nicking: the narrowing of the venule at the crossing point of arteriole. Aocclusion: arterial occlusion.
