Table 1.
Characteristics of the Sample (N = 1,196)
| Variables | n (%) | Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Smoking | ||
| Male | 809(67.6) | Non smoker | 679(56.8) |
| Female | 387(32.4) | Current smoker | 373(31.2) |
| Education | Former smoker | 144(12.0) | |
| Elementary school or below | 370(30.9) | Family history of stroke | |
| Junior school | 422(35.3) | No | 964(80.6) |
| High school | 265(22.2) | Yes | 232(19.4) |
| Undergraduate and above | 139(11.6) | Employment status | |
| Monthly household income (RMB) | Unemployed | 609(50.9) | |
| <3000 | 574(48.0) | Employed | 320(26.8) |
| 3000-5000 | 450(37.6) | Retired | 267(22.3) |
| >5000 | 172(14.4) | Duration since first stroke | |
| Spouse | ≤ 3 months | 803(67.1) | |
| Have | 1051(87.9) | ≤ 1 year | 165(13.8) |
| No | 145(12.1) | ≤ 3 years | 93(7.8) |
| Residence | >3 years | 135(11.3) | |
| Rural | 663(55.4) | mRS | |
| Urban | 533(44.6) | ≤2 | 994(83.1) |
| Residential status | >2 | 202(16.9) | |
| Lives alone | 74(6.2) | CCI | |
| Lives with spouse only | 461(38.5) | ≤2 | 874(73.1) |
| Lives with children | 114(9.5) | >2 | 322(26.9) |
| Lives with spouse and children | 547(45.7) | Thrombolysis | |
| Health insurance type | Yes | 232(19.4) | |
| Urban resident /Employee basic health insurance | 653(54.6) | No | 964(80.6) |
| Rural resident basic health insurance | 445(37.2) | TOAST | |
| Self-paying | 68(5.7) | Large-artery atherosclerosis | 600(50.2) |
| Other | 30(2.5) | Cardioembolism | 96(8.0) |
| Number of children | Small-artery occlusion | 312(26.1) | |
| 0 | 22(1.8) | Other/unknown | 188(15.7) |
| 1 | 240(20.1) | Occurrence of stroke attack | |
| 2 | 505(42.2) | First time | 733(61.3) |
| ≥3 | 429(35.9) | Second time | 340(28.4) |
| Drinking | ≥3 time | 123(10.3) | |
| Non drinker | 761(63.6) | NIHSS | |
| Current drinker | 328(27.4) | ≤4 | 935(78.2) |
| Former drinker | 107(8.9) | >4 | 261(21.8) |
Abbreviations: mRs, Modified Rankin Scale; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; TOAST, Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.