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Table 4 The comparisons of baseline characteristics and any-cause death during follow-up period between the completed follow-up patients and lost to follow-up patients.

From: Long-term prognosis of symptomatic isolated middle cerebral artery disease in Korean stroke patients

 

IMCAD (N = 141)

Completed follow-up (n = 113)

Lost follow-up (n = 28)

P

Age - mean (SD), years

64.4 (12.5)

64.7 (12.0)

63.1 (14.4)

0.558

Male sex (%)

74 (52.5)

61 (54.0)

13 (46.4)

0.474

Hypertension - no. (%)

87 (61.7)

73 (64.6)

14 (50.0)

0.155

Diabetes mellitus - no. (%)

40 (28.4)

29 (25.7)

11 (39.3)

0.152

Smoking (ever) - no. (%)

46 (32.6)

39 (34.5)

7 (25.0)

0.336

Dyslipidemia - no. (%)

53 (37.6)

41 (36.3)

12 (42.9)

0.520

Time from stroke onset to admission

   

0.527

   24 hours -no. (%)

78 (55.3)

64 (56.6)

14 (50.0)

 

   > 24 hours-no (%)

63 (44.7)

49 (43.4)

14 (50.0)

 

Qualifying event

   

0.457

   Stroke - no. (%)

130 (92.2)

105 (92.9)

25 (89.3)

 

   TIA - no. (%)

11 (7.8)

8 (7.1)

3 (10.7)

 

NIHSS on admission - mean (SD)

6.1 (6.0)

6.3(6.3)

5.3 (4.8)

0.420

mRS on discharge - mean (SD)

2.1 (1.5)

2.1 (1.6)

1.9 (1.4)

0.671

IMCAD

   

0.805

   MCA stenosis ≥ 50%

98 (69.5)

78 (69.0)

20 (71.4)

 

   MCA occlusion

43 (30.5)

35 (31.0)

8 (28.6)

 

Any-cause Death

20 (14.2)

16 (14.2)

4 (14.3)

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