Table 2.
Mean Age, Race and Sex-adjusted Framingham Stroke Risk Score, and Percent or Mean Values for each Score component, by Geographic Region in the REGARDS cohort, 2003 – 2007.
| Framingham Stroke Risk Score |
Anti- hypertensive Medication Use |
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) |
History of Heart Disease |
Diabetes | Current Smoking |
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Region | N | Mean | p* | % | p | Mean | p | % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p | % | p |
| Rest of the | |||||||||||||||||
| Nation | 10,494 | 10.1 | - | 46.6 | - | 127.1 | - | 20.4 | - | 18.1 | - | 14.0 | - | 6.4 | - | 7.4 | - |
| Stroke Belt | 8,505 | 10.7 | <0.0001 | 51.1 | <0.0001 | 128.0 | 0.0002 | 21.3 | 0.12 | 21.6 | <0.0001 | 14.8 | 0.08 | 7.3 | 0.008 | 8.0 | 0.14 |
| Stroke Buckle | 4,941 | 10.4 | 0.03 | 51.8 | <0.0001 | 126.3 | 0.004 | 21.5 | 0.11 | 23.2 | <0.0001 | 13.6 | 0.55 | 6.3 | 0.90 | 8.4 | 0.01 |
*
p values are for comparison of the Stroke Belt or Buckle to the Rest of the Nation.