Table 2.

Description of study population at time of stroke. Stroke-related discharge diagnoses, co-morbidity and other conditions of interest in the study population at time of stroke.

	Men n = 69	Women n = 76	All n = 145
DISCHARGE DIAGNOSES
Ischaemic stroke	57 (83%)	56 (74%)	113 (78%)
Haemorrhagic stroke	3 (4%)	6 (8%)	9 (6%)
Non-specified stroke	9 (13%)	14 (18%)	23 (16%)
CO-MORBIDITY
Hypertension	42 (61%)	34 (45%)	76 (52%)
Angina pectoris	13 (19%)	16 (21%)	29 (20%)
History of myocardial infarction	11 (16%)	2 (3%)	13 (9%)
Heart failure	9 (13%)	10 (13%)	19 (13%)
Atrial fibrillation/flutter	20 (29%)	20 (26%)	40 (28%)
Diabetes	22 (32%)	13 (17%)	35 (24%)
Dementia	2 (3%)	4 (5%)	7 (3%)
Cancer	6 (9%)	8 (11%)	14 (10%)
Alcohol abuse	12 (17%)	6 (8%)	18 (12%)
OTHER CONDITIONS
Cognitive impairment	20 (29%)	23 (30%)	43 (30%)
Anti-depressant treatment	3 (4%)	5 (7%)	8 (6%)