Characteristics of participants and clinical information on patients
| MMD | HC | χ2/t | P value | |
| Gender | 0.612 | 0.46 | ||
| Male | 24 | 9 | ||
| Female | 25 | 14 | ||
| Age | 38.45±8.989 | 37.57±9.144 | −0.387 | 0.700 |
| Education time (year) | 13.35±2.884 | 14.22±2.088 | 1.452 | 0.152 |
| Type of MMD | ||||
| Haemorrhagic | 12 | – | ||
| Ischaemic | 37 | – | ||
| TIA | 11 | |||
| Infarction | 21 | |||
| Headache | 5 | |||
Data are given as mean±SD.
HC, healthy control; MMD, moyamoya disease; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.