Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study population
Baseline characteristic | Number of patients (n = 374), n (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
 Male | 198 (52.9%) |
 Female | 176 (47.1%) |
Mean age(range, years) | 68 (60-93) |
Hypertension | 230 (61.5%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 188 (50.3%) |
Hyperlipidemia | 264 (65.8%) |
Atrial fibrillation | 30 (8%) |
Smoking | 80 (21.3%) |
Old stroke | 212 (56.7%) |
Stroke subtypes | |
 Atherothrombotic infarction | 236 (63.3%) |
 Cardioembolic infarction | 22 (5.8%) |
 Lacunar infarction | 116 (31%) |
CMBs | |
 Absent | 110 (29.4%) |
 Grade 1 | 264 (70.6%) |
 Grade 2 | 78 (20.9%) |
 Grade 3 | 16 (4.3%) |
Location of microbleeds | |
 Cortico-subcortical region | 58 (51.8%) |
 Deep and infratentorial region | 40 (35.7%) |
 Cortico-subcortical and deep | 14 (12.5%) |
Fazekas score | |
 0 | 54 (14.4%) |
 1 | 116 (31 %) |
 2 | 132 (35.3%) |
 3 | 72 (19.3%) |
Antithrombotic use | 112 (29.9%) |
 Antiplatelets | 88 |
 Anticoagulant | 24 |