No Histological Difference between Large Atherosclerotic and Cardiogenic Embolic Thrombus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the 54 patients recruited in this study.

Variables		Number	LAA group (25)	CE group (29)	value
Age					0.131
Sex	Male	29	16	13
	Female	25	9	16
NIHSS on admission, median (IQR)			13 (9-21)	15 (10-18)	0.014
Hypertension	Yes	33	16	17	0.686
	No	21	9	12
Diabetes	Yes	9	4	5	0.903
	No	45	21	24
Atrial fibrillation	Yes	27	2	25	<0.001
	No	27	23	4
Smoking	Yes	23	13	10	0.194
	No	31	12	19
Occlusion site	ICA or MCA	50	23	27	0.887
	BA or PCA	4	2	2

ICA: internal carotid artery; MCA: middle cerebral artery; BA: basilar artery PCA: posterior cerebral artery.