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.

VariablesPoor group (0–2) n = 250Good group (3–4) n = 178

Age, year (mean ± SD)64.53 ± 10.4162.69 ± 10.760.076
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 ± 1.214.28 ± 1.240.552
Triglycerides (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)1.59 ± 1.311.68 ± 1.200.453
HDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)1.11 ± 0.290.99 ± 0.31≤0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)2.88 ± 1.002.72 ± 0.940.106
Homocysteine (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)15.74 ± 10.7915.21 ± 6.610.561

SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.