. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 5.

Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2002 Jan;33(1):31–37. doi: 10.1161/hs0102.100531

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Participants

	n	Prevalence, %, or Mean±SD
Completed high school	125	45.0
Hypertension^*	158	57.0
Diabetes mellitus^†	62	22.6
Cardiac disease	70	25.3
Current smoker	37	13.5
Ever smoked	162	58.9
Total cholesterol, mg/dL^‡	274	196.0±38.8
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL^‡	274	48.3±39.7
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL^‡	273	124.2±35.4

H systolic blood pressure recording ≥160 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure recording ≥95 mm Hg, or patient’s self-report of a history of hypertension or antihypertensive use.

^†

Fasting blood glucose level >126 mg/dL, patient’s self-report of such a history, or insulin or hypoglycemic use.

^‡

Not all subjects had their total, HDL, or LDL cholesterol measured.