Research Article
Association of BIRC5 Gene Polymorphism with the Collateral Circulation and Severity of Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke
Table 3
Baseline characteristics of patients grouped by the capacity of collateral circulation.
| Variables | Poor group (0–2) n = 250 | Good group (3–4) n = 178 | |
| Age, year (mean ± SD) | 64.53 ± 10.41 | 62.69 ± 10.76 | 0.076 | Sex (male) (%) | 129 (51.60) | 107 (60.10) | 0.081 | Smoking (%) | 85 (34.00) | 67 (37.60) | 0.438 | Drinking (%) | 94 (37.60) | 62 (34.80) | 0.558 | Diabetes (%) | 53 (21.20) | 38 (21.30) | 0.971 | Hypertension (%) | 161 (64.40) | 136 (76.40) | 0.008 | BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (%) | 83 (33.20) | 63 (35.40) | 0.637 | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) (mean ± SD) | 4.35 ± 1.21 | 4.28 ± 1.24 | 0.552 | Triglycerides (mmol/L) (mean ± SD) | 1.59 ± 1.31 | 1.68 ± 1.20 | 0.453 | HDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD) | 1.11 ± 0.29 | 0.99 ± 0.31 | ≤0.001 | LDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD) | 2.88 ± 1.00 | 2.72 ± 0.94 | 0.106 | Homocysteine (mmol/L) (mean ± SD) | 15.74 ± 10.79 | 15.21 ± 6.61 | 0.561 |
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SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
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