The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 5 Role of thrombophilia in ischemic stroke in both groups

From: Pediatric vs. adult stroke: comparative study in a tertiary referral hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Variable	Children 33 Patients	Adult 143 Patients	p
Two or more genetic traits	3 (9.0%)	0	0.001*
Antiphospholipid antibodies	2 (6.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0.105
Protein C deficiency	2 (6.0%)	0	0.003*
Protein S deficiency	2(6.0%)	0	0.003*
Antithrombin deficiency	1 (3%)	0	0.037*
Factor V Leiden	5 (15.1%)	0	0.001*
Factor II G20210A	1 (3%)	0	0.037*
MTHFR gene	7 (21.2%)	0	0.001*
Elevated Homocysteine level	1 (3%)	0	0.037*
B-Fibrinogen gene 455G/A mutation	1 (3%)	0	0.037*

By Chi square test and Fisher exact test, *p value was significant

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