Research Article

Association of BIRC5 Gene Polymorphism with the Collateral Circulation and Severity of Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke

Table 7

Baseline characteristics of patients grouped by short-term outcome.

VariablesmRS ≤ 2 n = 176mRS > 2 n = 252

Age, year (mean ± SD)64.22 ± 10.2663.45 ± 10.820.388
Sex (male) (%)88 (50.00)148 (58.73)0.074
Smoking (%)63 (35.80)89 (35.32)0.919
Drinking (%)63 (35.80)93 (36.68)0.814
Diabetes (%)42 (23.86)49 (19.44)0.272
Hypertension (%)121 (68.75)176 (69.84)0.810
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (%)59 (33.52)87 (34.52)0.830
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)4.23 ± 1.174.39 ± 1.260.198
Triglycerides (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)1.63 ± 1.251.64 ± 1.280.948
HDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)1.03 ± 0.291.09 ± 0.320.049
LDL-C (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)2.65 ± 0.982.93 ± 0.980.004
Homocysteine (mmol/L) (mean ± SD)15.46 ± 9.7515.56 ± 8.960.911
NIHSS ≥ 663 (38.80)173 (68.65)≤0.001

mRS, modified Rankin Scale; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Survey.