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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2009 Aug 6;40(10):e550–e557. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.557462

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of stroke cases and controls in the Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study.

Cases (n = 297) Controls (n = 422) p-value
Age 40.0 ± 7.9 37.9 ± 7.5 0.0003
African American 135 (45%) 169 (40%) 0.170
Hyptertension 108 (36%) 58 (14%) <0.0001
Diabetes 46 (15%) 21 (5%) <0.0001
MI or Angina 38 (13%) 15 (4%) <0.0001
Smoking 138 (47%) 113 (27%) <0.0001
Use Oral Contraceptives 39 (13%) 33 (8%) 0.03
Migraine
  No migraine 152 (51%) 255 (60%) 0.02
  Migraine no aura 20 (7%) 49 (12%) 0.02
  Migraine with aura 125 (42%) 118 (28%) 0.0001