Patient demographics and clinical data
| Patient No | Age (y) | Sex | Infarct on FLAIR images | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Volume of lesion (mm3) | Site of lesion | ||||
| FLAIR, fluid attenuated inversion recovery; L, left; R, right. | ||||||
| Mean age of the patients and controls did not differ: patients 48 (8.88) years (range 27–68) vs controls 48 (8.89) years (range 26–67). | ||||||
| Controls were recruited specifically to match the age and sex of the patients. | ||||||
| 1 | 46 | M | Hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, overweight, myocardial infarction history | R | 25500 | Caudal of corona radiata, striatum and internal capsule |
| 2 | 50 | M | Rheumatoid arthritis, tobacco use | R | 4500 | Thalamus, internal capsule |
| 3 | 50 | F | Hypertension | L | 4000 | Pallidum, internal capsule |
| 4 | 41 | F | Rheumatoid arthritis | R | 17000 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |
| 5 | 46 | M | Hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, overweight | L | 3300 | Caudate nucleus, internal capsule |
| 6 | 52 | M | Hypertension, tobacco use | R | 10500 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |
| 7 | 52 | M | Hypertension | R | 11600 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |
| 8 | 27 | F | – | L | 1900 | Caudate nucleus, internal capsule |
| 9 | 45 | M | Hypertension | L | 21300 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |
| 10 | 42 | F | Hypertension | R | 18300 | Frontal lobe, caudal of corona radiate, internal capsule |
| 11 | 68 | M | Hypertension, myocardial infarction history | L | 14000 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |
| 12 | 57 | F | Hypertension | R | 5300 | Thalamus, pallidum, internal capsule |