Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and pathological profiles of patients diagnosed with acute stroke and control group.
| Variable | Control Group N = 68 |
AIS Group N = 70 |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± sd | 69.28 ± 10.5 | 70.24 ± 10.93 | 0.598 | |
| Sex, N (%) | Female | 30 (44.12) | 27 (38.57) | 0.508 |
| Male | 38 (55.88) | 43 (61.43) | ||
| Residential background, N (%) | Urban | 36 (52.94) | 46 (65.71) | 0.127 |
| Rural | 32 (47.06) | 24 (34.29) | ||
| Atrial fibrillation, N (%) | 17 (25) | 27 (38.57) | 0.087 | |
| Dyslipidemia, N (%) | 34 (50) | 43 (61.43) | 0.177 | |
| Diabetes, N (%) | 27 (39.71) | 15 (21.43) | 0.020 | |
| Hypertension, N (%) | grade 1 | 11 (16.18) | 5 (7.14) | 0.027 |
| grade 2 | 32 (47.06) | 24 (34.29) | ||
| grade 3 | 25 (36.76) | 41 (58.57) | ||
| Chronic alcohol use, N (%) | 21 (30.88) | 10 (14.29) | 0.020 | |
| Chronic smoker, N (%) | 23 (33.82) | 10 (14.29) | 0.007 |
N: number of patients; AIS: acute ischemic stroke; sd: standard deviation.