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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Short-term results of percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale guided by transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a retrospective study

 

Group A (n = 21)

Group B (n = 22)

Group C (n = 32)

p value

Female sex

14 (66.67%)

11 (50.00%)

12 (37.50%)

0.119

Age (mean ± SD, years)

45.05 ± 8.992

45.09 ± 9.314

41.25 ± 10.352

0.247

Weight (mean ± SD, kg)

60.92 ± 7.855

59.59 ± 11.548

56.72 ± 8.938

0.263

Height (mean ± SD, cm)

163.05 ± 7.965

160.68 ± 7.656

160.06 ± 5.224

0.287

Diabetes

2 (9.52%)

4 (18.18%)

1 (3.13%)

0.178

Hypertension

7 (33.33%)

8 (36.36%)

7 (21.88%)

0.467

Hyperlipidaemia

1 (4.76%)

4 (18.18%)

1 (3.13%)

0.112

Heart function (NYHA)

   

0.462

 I

8

4

7

 

 II

10

14

21

 

 III

3

4

4

 

Recurrence stroke before surgery

3

3

4

0.982

Stroke sequelae before surgery

1

1

3

0.719

  1. SD standard deviation, NYHA New York Heart Association