European Spine J 2023 (Oct); 32 (10): 3497–3504

Table 1.

Age and sex of cervical artery dissection cases and controls

	VAD (n = 2337)	VAD-Matched population controls (n = 23,343)	CAD (n = 2916)	CAD-matched population controls (n = 29,107)	Stroke controls (n = 376,338)
Age (Years)
18–24	62 (2.65%)	620 (2.66%)	66 (2.26%)	660 (2.27%)	1188 (0.32%)
25–34	333 (14.25%)	3330 (14.27%)	173 (5.93%)	1730 (5.94%)	3179 (0.84%)
35–44	542 (23.19%)	5420 (23.23%)	539 (18.48%)	5390 (18.52%)	10,691 (2.84%)
45–54	561 (24.01%)	5605 (24.02%)	856 (29.36%)	8542 (29.35%)	31,413 (8.35%)
55–64	397 (16.99%)	3965 (16.99%)	623 (21.36%)	6224 (21.38%)	63,264 (16.81%)
65–74	232 (9.93%)	2313 (9.91%)	354 (12.14%)	3521 (12.10%)	94,654 (25.15%)
75–84	158 (6.76%)	1561 (6.69%)	238 (8.16%)	2370 (8.14%)	109,703 (29.15%)
85 +	52 (2.23%)	519 (2.22%)	67 (2.30%)	670 (2.30%)	62,246 (16.54%)
Sex
Female	1132 (48.44%)	11,317 (48.48%)	1438 (49.31%)	14,346 (49.29%)	194,750 (51.75%)
Male	1205 (51.56%)	12,026 (51.52%)	1478 (50.69%)	14,761 (50.71%)	181,588 (48.25%)

VAD = vertebral artery dissection;
CAD = carotid artery dissection