Benign Effect of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field on Brain Plasticity Assessed by Nitric Oxide Metabolism during Poststroke Rehabilitation

Table 1

Clinical demographic characteristics.

		Control	Study group
Demographics	Age (mean ± SD)	44.8 ± 7.7	48.0 ± 8.0	0.84
	Sex: man versus female (%)	48 versus 52	60 versus 40	0.27
	Living alone (%)	32.1	34.2	0.59
Vascular risk	Hypertension (%)	97.3	98.5	0.07
	Diabetes (%)	31.4	39.2	0.21
	Dyslipidemia (%)	78.8	72.2	0.7
	BMI ≥ 30 (%)	21	34	0.78
Concomitant medications	Antidepressants (%)	29	34	0.5
	ASA (%)	70	65	0.42
	NSAID (%)	25	27	0.8
Stroke characteristics	Weeks since stroke (mean ± SD)	3.9 ± 0.6	3.2 ± 0.4
	NIHSS scores (mean ± SD)	5.4 ± 2.9	4.9 ± 3.1
	ADL (mean ± SD)	8.89 ± 2.87	9.95 ± 2.35	0.22
Lesion location	Anterior (n)	3	5
	Posterior (n)	7	6
	Intermediate (n)	13	14
Lesion side	Left (n)	15	13
	Right (n)	8	12