Association of BIRC5 Gene Polymorphism with the Collateral Circulation and Severity of Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke
Table 5
Baseline characteristics of patients grouped by NIHSS scores.
Variables
NIHSS < 6 n = 192
NIHSS ≥ 6 n = 236
Age, year (mean ± SD)
62.56 ± 10.64
64.77 ± 10.48
0.032
Sex (male) (%)
111 (57.81)
125 (52.97)
0.316
Smoking (%)
60 (31.25)
92 (38.99)
0.096
Drinking (%)
64 (33.33)
92 (38.99)
0.227
Diabetes (%)
37 (19.27)
54 (22.88)
0.364
Hypertension (%)
126 (65.62)
171 (72.46)
0.127
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (%)
68 (35.42)
78 (33.05)
0.608
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)
4.34 ± 1.14
4.30 ± 1.29
0.789
Triglycerides (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)
1.65 ± 1.17
1.62 ± 1.34
0.808
HDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)
1.11 ± 0.35
1.03 ± 0.27
0.012
LDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)
2.78 ± 0.99
2.84 ± 0.99
0.535
Homocysteine (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)
14.72 ± 8.47
16.16 ± 9.86
0.079
Collateral circulation (good) (%)
131 (68.23)
47 (19.92)
≤0.001
Vascular stenosis (occlusion) (%)
118 (61.46)
82 (34.75)
≤0.001
NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Survey; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
