Table 3 Association between plasma D-dimer categories with the acute ischemic stroke subtypes
D-dimer category | TOAST classification, N (%) | Total | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardioembolic | Large artery atherosclerosis | Small-vessel occlusion | |||
< 0.5 µg/mL (Normal) | 2 (8.7%) | 6 (26.1%) | 15 (65.2%) | 23 (100%) | < 0.001* |
≥ 0.5 µg/mL (Elevated) | 17 (41.5%) | 18 (43.9%) | 6 (14.6%) | 41 (100%) | |
Total | 19 (29.7%) | 24 (37.5%) | 21 (32.8%) | 64 (100%) | |