Association between metabolic syndrome and multiple lesions of intracranial atherothrombotic stroke: a hospital-based study

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients

	Men			P1	Women			P2	P3
	All	Single	Multiple	P1	All	Single	Multiple	P2	P3
Number, n	137 (100 %)	67 (49 %)	70 (51 %)	–	65 (100 %)	40 (62 %)	25 (38 %)	–	0.09
Age (years)	68 ± 9	67 ± 11	69 ± 7	0.17	70 ± 10	70 ± 12	69 ± 7	0.62	0.20
Obesity	28 (20 %)	14 (21 %)	14 (20 %)	0.90	24 (37 %)	12 (30 %)	12 (48 %)	0.14	0.01*
High BP	101 (74 %)	49 (73 %)	52 (74 %)	0.88	41 (63 %)	24 (60 %)	17 (68 %)	0.52	0.12
Hyperglycemia	64 (47 %)	26 (39 %)	38 (54 %)	0.07	42 (65 %)	23 (58 %)	19 (76 %)	0.13	0.02*
High TG/low HDL-C	70 (51 %)	28 (42 %)	42 (60 %)	0.03*	33 (51 %)	16 (40 %)	17 (68 %)	0.03*	0.97
High TG	66 (48 %)	26 (39 %)	40 (57 %)	0.03*	31 (48 %)	14 (35 %)	17 (68 %)	0.01*	0.94
Low HDL-C	7 (5 %)	3 (4 %)	4 (6 %)	0.74	7 (8 %)	3 (8 %)	4 (16 %)	0.28	0.14
MetS	25 (18 %)	10 (15 %)	15 (21 %)	0.33	19 (29 %)	7 (18 %)	12 (48 %)	0.01*	0.08

Independent t-test, P1: single vs. multiple in men, P2: single vs. multiple in women, P3: all men vs. all women.
BP blood pressure, TG triglyceride, HDL high-density lipoprotein, MetS metabolic syndrome.

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