Demographic and clinical profile in patients with hyper-acute symptomatic carotid stenosis: 120 without microemboli and 86 with microemboli
| Non-embolising group n (%) | Embolising group n (%) | χ
2
test p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean±SEM | 72±1 | 70±1 | 0.339 |
| Male | 91 (76) | 58 (67) | 0.184 |
| Caucasian | 113 (94) | 83 (97) | 0.290 |
| South Asian | 3 (2.5) | (0) | |
| Hypertension | 93 (78) | 65 (76) | 0.748 |
| Never smoked | 42 (35) | 28 (33) | 0.655 |
| Current smoker | 46 (38) | 30 (34) | |
| Ex-smoker | 32 (27) | 28 (33) | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 28 (23) | 17 (20) | 0.157 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 20 (17) | 16 (19) | 0.907 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 65 (54) | 51 (59) | 0.464 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | 22 (18) | 7 (8) | 0.038 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 24 (20) | 20 (23) | 0.574 |
| Family history | 42 (35) | 19 (22) | 0.045 |