The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Lesion homogeneity on diffusion-weighted imaging is a marker of outcome in acute ischemic stroke

		Homogenous DWI	Non-homogeneous DWI
Age		59.2 ± 10.0	62.0 ± 15.6
Gender		7 M, 8 F	7 M, 8F
Diabetes mellitus		6/15	4/15
Hypertension		8/15	9/15
NIHSS
	Baseline	12.3 ± 4.7	9.6 ± 6.9
	1 week	10.7 ± 5.3	5.7 ± 4.6^a
	1 month	8.1 ± 4.5	2.8 ± 2.3^a
Lesion size
	Small	2	3
	Medium	9	10
	Large	4	2

^aData available for 12 patients only

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