The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Level of CysC according to groups, IMT, site, and degree of stenosis

From: Cystatin C as a predictor for carotid artery steno-occlusive disease in non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke

CysC Mg/L
Group A (stroke patients)			Group B (control)			P value
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	< 0.001
1.40	0.47	1.49	0.82	0.14	0.62	< 0.001
Normal IMT			Increased IMT			0.003
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
1.00	0.39	0.92	1.55	0.42	1.56
< 50% stenosis			> 50% stenosis			0.004
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
1.11	0.39	1.07	1.61	0.42	1.55
< 50% extracranial stenosis (2 patients)			> 50% extracranial stenosis (9 patients)			0.073
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
1.37	0.37	1.37	1.92	0.27	1.88
< 50% intracranial stenosis (5 patients)			> 50% intracranial stenosis (6 patients)			0.03
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
0.81	0.16	0.74	1.33	0.39	1.31
< 50% combined extra and intracranial stenosis (7 patients)			> 50% combined extra and intracranial stenosis (4 patients)			0.927
Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
1.26	0.41	1.36	1.31	0.25	1.38

CysC cystatin C; IMT intima media thickness; SD standard deviation

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