Table 2 Patient Characteristics according circulating angiogenic cells and clusters presence/absence

Age (years)

72.5 ± 11

70.5 ± 15

0.346

74.2 ± 10

71.7 ± 13

0.331

Sex (% man)

87 (75.7)

28 (24.3)

0.613

13 (11.3)

102 (88.7)

0.114

BMI (Kg/m²)

32.9 ± 37

31.2 ± 10

0.825

29.11 ± 5

33.2 ± 36

0.891

Waist (cm)

101 ± 11

101 ± 4

0.835

102.5 ± 4

100.6 ± 11

0.470

Laboratory

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

119 ± 47

124 ± 46

0.662

125 ± 69

119 ± 42

0.805

Hemoglobin

13.3 ± 2

13.5 ± 5

0.541

12.7 ± 2

13.5 ± 2

0.043

HbA1b

6.68 ± 1.3

6.67 ± 1.4

0.756

6.5 ± 1

6.7 ± 1.4

0.987

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

163.4 ± 46

157.3 ± 44

0.488

165.7 ± 46

161 ± 45

0.671

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

94 ± 45

90.5 ± 43

0.569

90.8 ± 44

93.6 ± 45

0.624

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

42.5 ± 12

44.6 ± 14

0.391

46 ± 12

42 ± 12

0.163

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

142 ± 79

128 ± 73

0.213

127 ± 55

141 ± 81

0.043

Anamnesis

Basal NIHSS

7.42 ± 6.1

6.85 ± 5.4

0.878

7.54 ± 5.6

7.23 ± 6.0

0.586

NIHSS at day 7

3.11 ± 5.2

3.36 ± 5.4

0.868

2.15 ± 4.6

3.38 ± 5.3

0.302

Basal Rankin

0.54 ± 1.1

0.52 ± 1.8

0.779

0.7 ± 1.3

0.5 ± 1.1

0.698

Rankin at day 7

1.93 ± 1.9

2.07 ± 2.1

0.807

2.13 ± 2.0

1.92 ± 2.0

0.500

Hypertension (%)

86 (75.4)

28 (24.6)

0.775

20 (17.5)

94 (82.5)

0.359

Diabetes mellitus (%)

49 (77.8)

14 (22.2)

0.664

11 (17.5)

52 (82.5)

0.678

Hyperlipidemia (%)

79 (79.8)

20 (20.2)

0.183

16 (16.2)

83 (83.8)

0.980

Current smoking (%)

29 (76.3)

9 (23.7)

0.915

7 (18.4)

31 (81.6)

0.570

Alcohol (%)

14 (73.7)

5 (26.3)

0.828

3 (15.8)

16 (84.2)

0.974

Current medication

RAS inhibitors (%)

36 (78.3)

10 (21.7)

0.450

8 (17.4)

38 (82.6)

0.613

Statins (%)

59 (80.8)

14 (19.2)

0.826

13 (17.8)

60 (82.2)

0.703