Table 2.

Knowledge of specific stroke risk factors, stratified by own risk factor status

	Correctly identified risk factor
Risk factor	All participants	Participants affected by this factor	Participants unaffected by this factor	p for difference between affected and uneffected
Precedent stroke	96,1%	-	96,1%	-
Hypertension	93,4%	96,6%	92,2%	0,002
Smoking	92,1%	93,1%a	90,6%	0,10
Hyperlipidemia	84,7%	93,0%	82,1%	< 0,001
Age	80,0%	80,3%b	79,8%c	0,89
Low physical activity	79,1%	75,8%	81,7%	0,01
Unhealthy diet d	74,7%	-	-	-
Family history of stroke or myocardial infarction	74,2%	80,5%	67,9%	< 0,001
High alcohol intake d	67,1%	-	-	-
Myocardial infarction	57,5%	67,9%	57,0%	0,29
Diabetes	49,3%	86,4%	47,9%	< 0,001

^a Current or ex-smokers

^b age ≥ 55 years

^c age < 55 years

^d Individual risk factor status not assessed