Characteristics | Stable MIS (N = 144) | progressive | MIS | P Value |
AP-MIS (N = 13) | CP-MIS (N = 90) | |||
Male gender (%) | 73 (50.7) | 9 (69.2) | 40 (44.4) | 0.460 |
Median age, years (range) | 57 (40 - 84) | 74 (65 - 83) | 61 (42 - 85) | 0.001 |
Residing in villages or towns | 135 (93.8) | 12 (92.3) | 85 (94.4) | 0.948 |
Residing in county urban | 9 (6.2) | 1 (7.7) | 5 (5.6) | 0.948 |
Median episode duration, days (range) | 8.6 (1017) | 2.5 (5) | 180 (2879) | 0.001 |
SBP | 151.3 ± 20.7 | 164.9 ± 23.3 | 150.6 ± 22.8 | 0.139 |
DBP | 96.3 ± 10.1 | 94.8 ± 10.2 | 95.4 ± 13.3 | 0.713 |
Blood glucose (mmol/l, mean ± SD) | 5.7 ± 1.6 | 5.6 ± 1.5 | 5.9 ± 2.3 | 0.649 |
Migraine/headache (%) | 34 (23.6) | 1 (7.7) | 21 (22.3) | 0.336 |
its TIAs or TNAs (%) | 30 (88.2) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (100.0) | 0.151 |
Dizziness/vertigo (%) | 52 (36.1) | 5 (38.5) | 18 (20.0) | 0.023 |
its TIAs or TNAs (%) | 46 (88.5) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100.0) | 0.007 |
Headache and dizziness (%) | 34 (23.6) | 4 (30.8) | 31 (34.4) | 0.194 |
its TNAs (%) | 26 (76.5) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (90.3) | 0.009 |
Pure sensory stroke (%) | 16 (11.1) | 2 (15.4) | 15 (16.7) | 0.414 |
its TIAs | 13 (81.3) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (66.7) | 0.429 |
Pure motor hemiparesis (%) | 3 (2.1) | 6 (46.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0.001 |
Gait disorderss (%) | 8 (5.6) | 2 (15.4) | 9 (10.0) | 0.317 |
Miscellaneous (%) | 4 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.2) | 0.787 |
Single LI (%) | 19 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.001 |
Chronic lacunes (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.4) | 0.024 |
Leukoaraiosis (%) | 2 (0.14) | 1 (7.7) | 13 (14.4) | 0.001 |
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (5.6) | 0.009 |
Initial median lesions number (range) | 5.5 (18) | 25 (105) | 9 (80) | 0.001 |
Initial median infarcts volume (cm3, range) | 0.3 (4.5) | 4.1 (9) | 0.9 (8) | 0.001 |
Initial median NIHSS score (range) | 0.1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0.2 (3) | 0.001 |
Initial median ABCD2 score (range) | 4.5 (6) | 5.3 (6) | 4.8 (7) | 0.014 |
Followed median mRS score (range) | 0.2 (1) | 3.0 (6) | 2 (6) | 0.001 |
Mortality (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (1.1) | 0.074 |