Information Non-END group (n = 109) END group (n = 41) t/χ 2 Gender (n , %) Male 61 (55.96) 26 (63.41) 0.679 0.410 Female 48 (44.04) 15 (36.59) Age (years, Mean ± SD) 62.83 ± 7.67 64.95 ± 7.26 1.530 0.128 Onset of disease (h , Mean ± SD) 10.30 ± 2.18 11.17 ± 2.05 2.213 0.028 Hypertension (n , %) Yes 42 (38.53) 19 (46.34) 2.569 0.109 No 87 (79.82) 22(53.66) CHD (n , %) Yes 34 (31.19) 18 (43.90) 2.125 0.145 No 75 (68.81) 23 (56.10) DM (n , %) Yes 23 (21.10) 17 (41.46) 6.317 0.012 No 86 (78.90) 24 (58.54) Hyperlipidemia (n , %) Yes 26 (23.85) 6 (14.63) 1.509 0.219 No 83 (76.15) 35 (85.37) Smoking (n , %) Yes 50 (45.87) 20 (48.78) 0.101 0.750 No 59 (51.13) 21 (51.22) Alcohol consumption (n , %) Yes 33 (30.28) 8 (19.51) 1.738 0.187 No 76 (69.72) 33 (80.49) Baseline SBP (mmHg, Mean ± SD) 151.16 ± 23.38 153.27 ± 24.75 0.485 0.629 Baseline DBP (mmHg, Mean ± SD) 84.81 ± 12.15 85.46 ± 11.80 0.294 0.769 Baseline NHISS score (points, Mean ± SD) 6.53 ± 1.34 9.54 ± 1.87 10.940 0.001 PLT (×109 /L, Mean ± SD) 229.75 ± 21.30 230.27 ± 25.44 0.126 0.900 WBC (×109 /L, Mean ± SD) 7.19 ± 0.99 8.49 ± 1.23 6.693 0.001 TC (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 4.43 ± 1.20 4.59 ± 1.21 0.726 0.469 TG (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 1.80 ± 1.22 1.50 ± 0.79 1.462 0.146 HDL (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 1.02 ± 0.30 1.08 ± 0.41 0.983 0.328 LDL (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 2.81 ± 1.10 2.85 ± 1.13 0.197 0.844 CRP (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 4.78 ± 1.12 6.52 ± 0.76 9.175 0.001 FBG (mmol/L, Mean ± SD) 7.22 ± 0.39 7.26 ± 0.81 0.407 0.685 Apolipoprotein A (g/L, Mean ± SD) 1.21 ± 0.23 1.22 ± 0.21 0.243 0.809 Apolipoprotein B (g/L, Mean ± SD) 0.81 ± 0.14 1.16 ± 0.40 7.963 0.001