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Table 5 Comparison of the prevalence of BA plaque between multi-bending and oligo-bending groups

From: Association between the vertebrobasilar artery geometry and basilar artery plaques determined by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

 

BA plaque ( +) (N = 86)

BA plaque (−) (N = 204)

p

Walking (49)

  

0.003

 Multi-bending

20 (71.43%)

8 (28.57%)

 

 Oligo-bending

6 (28.57%)

15 (71.43%)

 

Tuning Fork (73)

  

1.000

 Multi-bending

0

4

 

 Oligo-bending

11 (15.94%)

58( 84.06%)

 

Lambda (144)

  

0.018

 Multi-bending

19 (40.43%)

28 (59.57%)

 

 Oligo-bending

21 (21.65%)

76 (78.35%)

 

No confluence (24)

  

 Multi-bending

0

0

 

 Oligo-bending

9

15

 
  1. Values are presented as number (%)
  2. BA basilar artery, VA vertebral artery