Table 3 Sub-group analysis
Group A patients diagnosed with TIA; n = 78 | Group B patients diagnosed with migraine with aura; n = 4 | Group C patients fulfilling ICHD-3 criteria for migraine with aura for one or more attacks, but receiving a final diagnosis of a TIA (“migraine with aura false positives”); n = 17 | |
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Age (± standard deviation) | 70.9 (± 12.7) years | 51.5 ± 12.1 years | 69.9 ± 14.5 years |
Number of female patients | 38 (48.7%) | 3 (75%) | 11 (64.7%) |
Number of patients with arterial hypertension | 52 (66.6%) | 2 (50%) | 11 (64.7%) |
Number of patients with hypercholesterinemia | 45 (57.7%) | 3 (75%) | 9 (52.9%) |
Number of patients with atrial fibrillation (including new diagnoses) | 15 (19.2%), 1 newly diagnosed | 1 (25%), none newly diagnosed | 2 (11.8%), none newly diagnosed |
Number of patients with carotid artery plaque or stenosis | 18 (23.1%) | 1 (25%) | 7 (41.2%) |
Number of patients with prior stroke found in MRI | 9 (11.5%) | 0 | 3 (17.6%) |