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Table 1 Unruptured AVM patient demographics and clinical characteristics. * = significant correlation

From: Angioarchitectural features amongst patients with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations presenting with headache: findings from a single center retrospective review of 76 patients

Patient Characteristics

All, N = 76

No Headache, N = 53

Headache, N = 23

P-value

Age at Diagnosis, Mean (SD)

41.33 (18.36)

43.26 (19.23)

36.87 (15.68)

0.17

Race, n (%)

0.79

White

43 (57)

30 (57)

13 (57)

 

Black

15 (20)

11 (21)

4 (17)

 

Hispanic

13 (17)

10 (19)

3 (13)

 

Asian

2 (3)

2 (4)

0 (0)

 

Other

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (4)

 

Unknown

2 (3)

0 (0)

2 (9)

 

Gender-Male, n (%)

42 (55)

32 (60)

10 (43)

0.17

AVM Characteristics

Eloquent Area, n (%)

42 (55)

30 (57)

12 (52)

0.72

Deep Venous Drainage, n (%)

27 (36)

18 (34)

9 (39)

0.67

Nidal Aneurysm, n (%)

4 (5)

3 (6)

1 (5)

1.00

Venous Stenosis, n (%)

22 (29)

19 (36)

3 (13)

*0.044

Venous Ectasia, n (%)

13 (17)

10 (19)

3 (13)

0.54

Diffuse Nidus, n (%)

7 (9)

3 (6)

4 (17)

0.10

AVM Laterality, n (%)

0.51

Left-Sided

39 (51)

26 (49)

13 (57)

 

Right-Sided

33 (43)

23 (43)

10 (43)

 

Bilateral

4 (5)

4 (8)

0 (0)

 

AVM Size, n (%)

0.45

Sm Size < 3

48 (63)

31 (58)

17 (74)

 

Sm Size 3–6

24 (32)

19 (36)

5 (22)

 

Sm Size > 6

4 (5)

3 (6)

1 (4)

 

AVM Location, n (%)

0.62

Cerebellar

7 (10)

3 (7)

4 (18)

 

Deep

6 (9)

4 (9)

2 (9)

 

Frontal

20 (30)

14 (31)

6 (27)

 

Temporal

17 (25)

13 (29)

4 (18)

 

Parieto-Occipital

17 (25)

11 (24)

6 (27)

 

Spetzler-Martin (SM) Grade, n (%)

0.91

SM Grade 1

19 (25)

13 (25)

6 (26)

 

SM Grade 2

21 (28)

14 (26)

7 (30)

 

SM Grade 3

30 (39)

21 (40)

9 (39)

 

SM Grade 4

4 (5)

3 (6)

1 (4)

 

SM Grade 5

2 (3)

2 (4)

0 (0)