Stroke Research and Treatment / 2013 / Article / Tab 4 / Clinical Study
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
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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