The medical risk of any stroke or death in the forthcoming five years in symptomatic persons of the NASCET/ECST trials with a stenosis of 50% (according to the NASCET method) was 21%. 14 That risk was further increased by male sex (23%), old age ( 75 y, 31%), time since last event (< 2 weeks, 32%) and diabetes.
The medical risk of any stroke or death in the forthcoming five years in symptomatic persons of the NASCET/ECST trials with a stenosis of 50% (according to the NASCET method) was 21%.[14] That risk was further increased by male sex (23%), old age ( 75 y, 31%), time since last event (< 2 weeks, 32%) and diabetes.