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Clinical parameters, such as infarction site and volume, relative risk factors, ABCD<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> score, and medical intervention, were compared between the two groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of hypertension was higher in the Vertigo attacks only (VO) group (42.2 vs. 29.0%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The total cerebral infarction volume in the VO group was larger than the Vertigo and weakness attacks (VW) group (4.44 vs. 2.12 cm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Additionally, the cerebellum was more likely to be affected in the VO group. In contrast, patients in the VW group had higher carotid stenosis (14.2 vs. 27.2%, p &amp;lt; 0.05) and ABCD<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> score (2.1 \u00b1 1.2 vs. 3.6 \u00b1 1.5, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). The percentage of patients with medullary infarctions also increased in the VW group. Vertigo attack events occurred more frequently in the VW group (median 2.4 vs. 4.3, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.04). We also found that the patients in the VW group were more likely to seek medical intervention after vertigo.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Clinical parameters, such as infarction location, relative risk factors, and ABCD<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> score, differed between patients with vertigo symptoms with or without weakness attacks. 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