Clinical Study

Circle of Willis Variants: Fetal PCA

Table 1

Demographics, vascular risk factors, and outcome in patients without fetal PCA (no fPCA), partial fetal PCA (pfPCA), and complete fetal PCA (cfPCA).

No fPCApfPCAcfPCA value

Age, median years (min–max) IQR62 (19–97) 52, 7463 (26–93) 55, 7274 (28–90) 57, 790.025
Gender, no. (female) (%)163/405 (40.2%)30/81 (37.0%)31/51 (60.8%)0.013
Race, no. (%)0.362
 White131/403 (32.5%)25/81 (30.9%)8/48 (16.7%)
 Black257/403 (63.8%)52/81 (64.2%)40/48 (83.3%)
 Hispanic10/403 (2.5%)2/81 (2.5%)0/48 (0%)
 Other2/403 (0.5%)1/81 (1.2%)0/48 (0%)
History of prior stroke167/402 (41.5%)31/81 (38.3%)22/51 (43.1%)0.825
History of hypertension293/399 (73.4%)63/79 (79.7%)39/51 (76.5%)0.476
History of diabetes127/400 (31.8%)28/80 (35.0%)13/51 (25.5%)0.519
History of hyperlipidemia164/398 (41.2%)31/78 (39.7%)25/51 (49.0%)0.526
Active smoker139/394 (35.3%)30/80 (37.5%)10/51 (19.6%)0.066
Admission NIHSS, median (min–max) IQR5 (0–36) 3, 125 (0–31) 3, 107 (0–27) 3, 140.630
Discharge NIHSS, median (min–max) IQR2 (0–42) 1, 73 (0–42) 1, 92 (0–42) 1, 90.586
Discharge mRS, median (min–max) IQR3 (0–6) 1, 43 (0–6) 2, 43 (0–6) 1.5, 4
TOAST, no. (%)0.023
 Cardioembolic, no. (%)97/404 (24.0%)19/80 (23.8%)9/50 (18.0%)
 Large vessel, no. (%)97/404 (24.0%)25/80 (31.3%)20/50 (40.0%)
 Small vessel, no. (%)88/404 (21.8%)19/80 (23.8%)6/50 (12.0%)
 Crypto (>1 etiology), no. (%)8/404 (2.0%)1/80 (1.3%)4/50 (8.0%)
 Crypto (unknown), no. (%)70/404 (17.3%)9/80 (11.3)10/50 (50.0%)
 Other, no. (%)44/404 (10.9%)7/80 (8.8%)1/50 (2.0%)