Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study patients
| Characteristics | N=443 |
| Age (years)* | 59.61 (11.59) |
| Male† | 324 (73.1) |
| NIHSS score on admission‡ | 2 (1–3) |
| Time of onset to admission* | 23.2 (31.3) |
| Hypertension† | 324 (73.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus† | 132 (29.8) |
| Atrial fibrillation† | 26 (5.9) |
| Previous stroke† | 33 (7.5) |
| Intravenous thrombolysis† | 23 (5.2) |
| Stroke subtype† | |
| Large artery | 138 (31.2) |
| Small artery | 198 (44.7) |
| Cardioembolism | 25 (5.6) |
| Other etiologies | 10 (2.3) |
| Unknown etiologies | 72 (16.3) |
| Location of infarcts | |
| Cortical region† | 172 (38.8) |
| Subcortical region† | 302 (68.2) |
| Infratentorial region† | 87 (19.6) |
| Infarct volume‡ | 1.1 (0.5–3.4) |
| BG-EPVS‡ | 1 (0–2) |
| CS-EPVS‡ | 1 (1–2) |
| PVH‡ | 1 (0–2) |
| DWMH‡ | 1 (0–1) |
| VBR* | 20.3 (5.9) |
| MTLA‡ | 0 (0–2) |
| RNLI score on follow-up‡ | 103 (98–106) |
| ADL on follow-up‡ | 14 (14–15) |
| mRS score on follow up‡ | 1 (0–1) |
*Mean (SD).
†n (%).
‡Median (IQR).
ADL, activities of daily living; BG-EPVS, enlarged perivascular spaces in the basal ganglia; CS-EPVS, enlarged perivascular spaces in the centrum semiovale; DWMH, deep white matter hyperintensities; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; MTLA, medial temporal lobe atrophy; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PVH, periventricular hyperintensities; RNLI, Reintegration to Normal Living Index; VBR, ventricular-brain ratio.