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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with acute cerebral infarction who did and did not undergo DWI examination (n = 608)

From: Clinical presentation and diffusion weighted MRI of acute cerebral infarction. The Bergen Stroke Study

 

DWI

Not DWI

P

 

n

%

n

%

 

Male

256

61

94

50

.010

Age (mean)

67.3 years

76.7 years

< .001

NIHSS score on admission (mean)

4.6

9.7

< .001

Atherosclerosis

65

15.5

19

10.1

.076

Cardiac embolism

90

21.5

69

36.5

< .001

Small vessel disease

78

18.6

21

11.1

.024

LACS

118

28.2

39

20.6

*

PACS

167

40.0

68

36.0

*

TACS

48

11.5

63

33.3

*

POCS

85

20.3

19

10.1

*

  1. * P < .001 (Pearson chi-square test)
  2. DWI: diffusion weighted imaging
  3. NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale
  4. LACS: lacunar syndrome
  5. PACS: partial anterior circulation syndrome
  6. TACS: total anterior circulation syndrome
  7. POCS: posterior circulation syndrome