Table 2

Leukoaraiosis grade by stroke subtype.


Stroke subtype

Large artery disease
Lacunar
Cardioembolic
P value

(n = 297)
(n = 193)
(n = 104)


LA grade
(mean ± SD)
3.37 ± 1.98
2.86 ± 1.95
2.54 ± 1.71
< 0.001
LSD, P value
0.004a, < 0.001b
0.170b



P value refers to the overall association between leukoaraiosis grade and stroke subtype, computed from one-way ANOVA test.

a Comparison is with the lacunar group, based on LSD multiple comparison tests.

b Comparison is with the cardioembolic group

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