Table 1: Baseline characteristics and occurrence of scalp edema and the congestion of emissary veins in CVT patients compared to IIH patients.

 

IIH

(n = 93)

CVT

(n = 102)

P (univariate model)

P (multivariate model)

Gender, n (%)

 

 

0.002

-

Female

87 (93.5)

79 (77.5)

 

 

Male

6 (6.5)

23 (22.5)

 

 

Age, mean ± SD

28.5 ± 10.1

35.9 ± 13.2

 < 0.001

0.012

Scalp edema, n (%)

38 (40.9)

60 (58.8)

0.012

0.302

Congestion of emissary

veins, n (%)

42 (45.2)

73 (73.7)

 < 0.001

0.042

CVT: Cerebral venous thrombosis ; IIH: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension