Circle of Willis Variants: Fetal PCA

Table 4

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

	No fPCA ipsilateral to stroke	Ipsilateral pfPCA	Ipsilateral cfPCA	𝑃 value
	𝑛=356	𝑁=47	𝑁=20
Age, mean (SD)	62.6 (14.7)	63.5 (13.2)	72.8 (12.5)	0.014
Female, %	38.9	44.7	55.0	0.294
Race, %				0.568
White	29.1 (103/354)	27.7 (13/47)	20 (4/20)
Black	67.2 (238/354)	68.1 (32/47)	80 (16/20)
Hispanic	2.5 (9/354)	0	0
Other	0.3 (1/354)	2.1 (1/47)	0
Admission glucose, mean (SD)	139.2 (75.6)	148.5 (98.3)	135.4 (47.6)	0.611
Baseline NIHSS, median (min–max)	5 (0–36)	7 (0–24)	5 (0–26)	0.969
Discharge NIHSS, median (min–max)	3 (0–42)	4 (0–42)	3 (0–42)	0.678
Discharge mRS, median (min–max)	3 (0–6)	3 (0–6)	3.5 (0–6)
Discharge mRS 0–2, %	40.8	40.9	25.0	0.373
Discharge disposition				0.891
Home	165/353 (46.7%)	23/46 (50.0%)	9/20 (45.0%)
Long term acute care	12/353 (3.4%)	3/46 (6.5%)	1/20 (5.0%)
Inpatient rehab	119/353 (33.7%)	17/46 (37.0%)	6/20 (30.0%)
Hospice	10/353 (2.8%)	0/46 (0%)	0/20 (0%)
Skilled nursing	22/353 (6.2%)	2/46 (4.3%)	2/20 (10%)
Dead	21/353 (5.9%)	1/46 (2.2%)	2/20 (10%)
Other	4/353 (1.1%)	0/46 (0%)	0/20 (0%)
Length of stay, median (min–max)	5.5 (1–52)	6 (1–49)	6.5 (1–44)	0.848