Table 2 Univariate associations of PAVM variables with brain abscess and ischaemic stroke
N with/without abscessEventEvent free groupp Value
Brain abscess
    RS presentation (%) (n (%))28/1905 (17.9)42 (22.1)0.81
    Sao2 (%) (median (Q1, Q3))21/16393.0 (86.5, 96)93.8 (89.0, 96.0)0.48
    R-L (%) (median (Q1, Q3))20/1119.3 (3.1, 22 )9.2 (5.0, 19.7)0.46
    Single PAVMs* (%) (n (%))27/1857 (25.9)45 (24.3)0.82
    Largest fad (mm) (median (Q1, Q3))24/1645.5 (3.0, 6.5)5 (4.0, 6.5)0.97
    Small (fad ⩽3 mm) (%) (n (%))28/19021 (75.0)140 (73.7)0.99
N with/without strokeEventEvent free groupp Value
Ischaemic stroke
    RS presentation (%) (n (%))30/1868 (26.7)39 (21)0.48
    Sao2 (%) (median (Q1, Q3))25/15793 (85, 96)94 (88.5, 96)0.3
    R-L (%) (median (Q1, Q3))24/10511.0 (7.1, 19.5)8.8 (4.7, 20.0)0.32
    Single PAVMs* (%) (n (%))29/1817 (24.1)44 (24.3)0.99
    Largest fad (mm) (median (Q1, Q3))28/1585.5 (4.0, 7.5)5 (3.0, 6.0)0.087
    Small (fad ⩽3 mm) (%) (n (%))29/18724 (82.8)137 (73.3)0.36
  • N, number of cases with/without event for which variable was measured.

  • *More common in non-HHT patients (p<0.0001, Fisher’s exact test two sided p value).

  • fad, feeding artery diameter; HHT, hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; PAVM, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations; R-L, right-to-left; RS, respiratory symptoms; Sao2, arterial oxygen saturation.