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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2009 Sep;84(9):548–552. doi: 10.1002/ajh.21476

Table 3.

Odds Ratio (and 95% CI) of Stroke Compared to No Stroke for Co-morbid Diagnoses and Procedures

Diagnosis Prevalence Ischemic P-Value Hemorrhagic P-Value
Hypertension 9.5% 4.1 (2.9 – 5.7) <0.0001 7.7 (4.7 – 12.7) <0.0001
Obesity 1.7% 1.0 (0.2 – 3.0) NS 0 (0 – 3.3) NS
Tobacco use 7.6% 1.2 (0.7 – 2.0) NS 1.2 (0.4 – 2.7) NS
Diabetes mellitus 3.4% 2.2 (1.2 – 3.9) <0.05 0.9 (0.1 – 3.2) NS
Hyperlipidemia 0.7% 6.9 (2.9 – 14) <0.0001 0 (0 – 8.4) NS
Renal disease 2.6% 4.2 (2.4 – 6.8) <0.0001 7.2 (3.4 – 13.9) <0.0001
Myocardial Infarction (old) 0.7% 3.1 (0.8 – 8.1) <0.05 0 (0 – 7) NS
Atrial Fibrillation 1.1% 4.9 (2.2 – 9.5) <0.0005 4.3 (0.9 – 13) <0.05
Coagulopathy 0.8% 1.9 (0.4 – 5.8) NS 9.1(2.8 – 22.4) <0.0005
Asthma 10.0% 0.9 (0.5 – 1.4) NS 0.3 (0.03 – 0.99) <0.05
Crisis 70.6% 0.3 (0.2 – 0.34) <0.0001 0.2 (0.1 – 0.3) <0.0001
Transfusion 27.5% 2.4 (1.8 – 3.2) <0.0001 0.9 (0.5 – 1.6) NS

NS indicated not statistically significant at P<0.05.