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Table 2 The patients’ (n = 33) demographic and baseline clinical and radiological characteristics

From: Evaluation of inflammatory markers and mean platelet volume as short-term outcome indicators in young adults with ischemic stroke

The studied parameter

Value

Prior vascular risk factors, n (%)

 Hypertension

3 (9.1)

 Diabetes

2 (6.1)

 Cardiac disease

13 (39.4)

 Smoking

12 (36.4)

 Dyslipidemia

12 (36.4)

 Hyperuricemia

2 (6.1)

Stroke etiology, n (%)

 Cardioembolic

13 (39.6)

 Small vessel occlusive

3 (9)

 Other differentiated causes

3 (9)

 Undifferentiated

14 (42.4)

Time interval from onset to presentation (hours), mean ± SD

13.5 ± 5.6

NIHSS score on admission, median (range)

11 (3–19)

Infarction side, n (%)

 Right

17 (51.5)

 Left

16 (48.5)

Infarction territory, n (%)

 ACA

1 (3)

 MCA

27 (81.8)

 PCA

5 (15.2)

Infarction size (cm), mean ± SD

4.7 ± 2.7

  1. NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, ACA anterior cerebral artery, MCA middle cerebral artery, PCA posterior cerebral artery