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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS)

From: Doppler flow morphology characteristics of epiaortic arteries in aortic valve pathologies: a retrospective study on a cohort of patients with ischemic stroke

Clinical parameters

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) (n = 75)

P value

No AS (n = 1245)

Mild AS (n = 14)

Moderate AS (n = 46)

Severe AS (n = 15)

Age (mean ± SD)

69.8 ± 14.4

80.4 ± 5.9

81.9 ± 8.3

81.9 ± 11.8

 < 0.001

Gender (n, % male)

659 (53)

6 (42.9)

29 (63)

6 (40)

0.740

Ischemic stroke (n, %)

739 (59.4)

10 (71.4)

31 (67.4)

11 (73.3)

0.372

Coronary heart disease (n, %)

177 (88.9)

4 (28.6)

16 (34.8)

2 (13.3)

0.001

Heart failure (n, %)

99 (90)

1 (7.1)

7 (15.2)

3 (20)

0.122

Hypertension (n, %)

838 (67.3)

9 (64.3)

42 (91.3)

13 (86.7)

0.003

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (n, %)

252 (91.3)

4 (28.6)

15 (32.6)

5 (33.3)

0.110

Hyperlipidemia (n, %)

336 (27)

6 (42.9)

15 (32.6)

5 (33.3)

0.490

Nicotine consume (n, %)

238 (19.2)

2 (14.3)

2 (4.3)

2 (13.3)

0.077

Obesity (n, %)

128 (10.3)

0 (0)

2 (4.3)

3 (20)

0.178

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) (n, %)

29 (2.3)

1 (7.1)

3 (6.5)

1 (6.7)

0.150

Renal failure (n, %)

95 (7.6)

3 (21.4)

8 (17.4)

2 (13.3)

0.023

Atrial fibrillation (n, %)

251 (20.2)

4 (28.6)

22 (47.8)

6 (40)

0

  1. SD standard deviation, differences were analyzed using Chi-square test and ANOVA
  2. % of patients within each group, n number of patients, AS aortic valve stenosis