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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2008 May 1;39(7):2138–2140. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.509281

Table 1. Demographics and Distributions of Candidate Variables for Outcomes Among Women With Ischemic Stroke (n=133).

Variable Frequency
Age, median (IQR) 64 (27 to 88)
Race-ethnicity, n (%)
Caucasian 67 (50)
African American 65 (49)
Hispanic 1 (1)
BMI, kg/m2, median (range) 27 (16 to 58.6)
Hypertension, n (%) 97 (73)
Diabetes, n (%) 46 (35)
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 68 (51)
Prior stroke, n (%) 33 (25)
Hypertension, n (%) 97 (73)
Prior TIA, n (%) 23 (17)
Tobacco smoker, n (%) 39 (30)
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 16 (12)
Coronary heart disease, n (%) 28 (21)
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 11 (8)