Research Article

Association of Brain-Gut Peptides with Inflammatory Cytokines in Moyamoya Disease

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects.

VariablesControls ()MMD () value

Age (yrs)0.742
Gender (M/F, )41/3321/200.666
BMI (kg/m2)0.296
Smoking (, %)17 (23.0)11 (26.8)0.644
Drinking (, %)12 (16.2)8 (19.5)0.655
Type of onset (, %)
 Infarction39 (95.1)NA
 Hemorrhage2 (4.9)
Pathogenic site (, %)
 Bilateral35 (85.4)NA
 Unilateral6 (14.6)

MMD: moyamoya disease.