title: Comparative analysis of general characteristics of ischemic stroke of BAD and non-BAD CISS subtypes.
abstract: Based on the recently proposed Chinese ischemic stroke subclassification (CISS) system, intracranial branch atheromatous disease (BAD) is divided into large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) and penetrating artery disease (PAD). In the current retrospective analysis, we compared the general characteristics of BAD-LAA with BAD-PAD, BAD-LAA with non-BAD-LAA and BAD-PAD with non-BAD-PAD. The study included a total of 80 cases, including 45 cases of BAD and 35 cases of non-BAD. Subjects were classified using CISS system: BAD-LAA, BAD-PAD, non-BAD-LAA and non-BAD-PAD. In addition to analysis of general characteristics, the correlation between the factors and the two subtypes of BAD was evaluated. The number of cases included in the analysis was: 32 cases of BAD-LAA, 13 cases of BAD-PAD, 21 cases of non-BAD-LAA, and 14 cases of non-BAD-PAD. Diabetes mellitus affected more non-BAD-LAA patients than BAD-LAA patients (P=0.035). In comparison with non-BAD-PAD, patients with BAD-PAD were younger (P=0.040), had higher initial NIHSS score (P<0.001) and morbidity of ischemic heart disease (P=0.033). Within patients with BAD, the PAD subtype was associated with smoking (OR=0.043; P=0.011), higher low-density lipoprotein (OR=5.339; P=0.029), ischemic heart disease (OR=9.383; P=0.047) and diabetes mellitus (OR=12.59; P=0.020). It was concluded that large artery atherosclerosis was the primary mechanism of BAD. The general characteristics showed no significant differences between the CISS subtypes of LAA and PAD within BAD, as well as between the BAD and non-BAD within LAA subtype. Several differences between PAD subtypes of BAD and non-BAD were revealed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
authors.forename: Guang-Zhi
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
authors.forename: Jiang-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. szycma@163.com.
authors.forename: Jun-Jian
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Chinese ischemic stroke subclassification; HR-MRI; branch atheromatous disease; ischemic stroke; large artery atherosclerosis; penetrating artery disease; subtypes