Blood Pressure Variability and Severity of Early Prognosis in Patients with Acute Pontine Infarction

Table 1

Demographic data and medical history of study participants, number (%).

Variables	PPI (n = 70)	DPI (n = 67)	value	value
Age (years)	61.81 ± 1.48	63.49 ± 1.15		0.4
Male (%)	67.1	70.1	0.1	0.7
Tobacco smoking (%)	47.1	41.8	0.4	0.5
Hypertension (%)	78.6	85.1	1.0	0.3
CCB (%)	54.5	51.8	0.2	0.9
ACEI (%)	45.5	48.2	0.2	0.9
Diabetes mellitus (%)	37.1	19.4	5.3	0.02
History of stroke (%)	38.6	31.3	0.8	0.4
Statin (%)	100.0	100.0		0.9^#

Data are shown for the patients’ demographics. ; ^#Fisher test. CCB, calcium channel antagonist; ACEL, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.