The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 3 Carotid intima–media thickness (IMT) among atherosclerotic and cardioembolic groups

From: Paradoxical role of hepatocyte growth factor in ischemic stroke: stroke risk/stroke recovery

	The patient group			Test U	P value
	Carotid atherosclerosis N = 50	Cardioembolic N = 50	Total N = 100	Test U	P value
IMT
X ± SD	2.27 ± 1.26	0.60 ± 0.14	1.44 ± 1.22	8.6	< 0.001*
Range	0.90–5	0.3–0.80	0.3–5	8.6	< 0.001*

	No	%	No	%			X²
Atherosclerosis severity
No (IMT ≤ 0.8 mm)	0	0	50	100	50	50	100	< 0.001*
Mild (IMT 0.9–1 mm)	11	22	0	0	11	11
Moderate (IMT 1.1–1.9 mm)	17	34	0	0	17	17
Severe (IMT ≥ 2 mm)	22	44	0	0	22	22

X mean, SD standard deviation, X² Chi-square test, U Mann–Whitney U, *highly significant, IMT intimal medial thickness

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