Table 3.
Mean Age and Sex-Adjusted Framingham Stroke Risk Score, and Percent or Mean Values for Each Score Component in the REGARDS Cohort by Geographic Region and Race, 2003 – 2007.
| Framingham Stroke Risk Score |
Anti- hypertensive Medication Use |
Systolic Blood Pressure |
History of Heart Disease |
Diabetes | Current Smoking |
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Race | Region | N | Mean | p* | % | p | Mean | p | % | p | % | p | % | P | % | p | % | p |
| White | Rest of the | |||||||||||||||||
| Nation | 5,678 | 9.3 | - | 38.2 | - | 124.5 | - | 21.3 | - | 12.4 | - | 11.1 | - | 3.1 | - | 7.8 | - | |
| Stroke Belt | 5,223 | 10.0 | <0.0001 | 42.4 | 0.0001 | 126.1 | <0.0001 | 23.1 | 0.02 | 16.0 | <0.0001 | 13.2 | 0.0008 | 3.9 | 0.03 | 8.4 | 0.25 | |
| Stroke Buckle | 3,183 | 9.8 | 0.003 | 43.7 | <0.0001 | 124.5 | 0.94 | 22.9 | 0.09 | 16.3 | <0.0001 | 12.7 | 0.03 | 2.8 | 0.41 | 9.6 | 0.003 | |
| African- American |
Rest of the | |||||||||||||||||
| Nation | 4,816 | 11.1 | - | 58.6 | - | 130.9 | - | 19.1 | - | 26.1 | - | 17.8 | - | 11.0 | - | 6.9 | - | |
| Stroke Belt | 3,282 | 11.6 | 0.04 | 63.5 | <0.0001 | 130.7 | 0.74 | 18.4 | 0.42 | 29.6 | 0.0006 | 17.0 | 0.31 | 12.2 | 0.08 | 7.1 | 0.64 | |
| Stroke Buckle | 1,758 | 11.2 | 0.69 | 63.2 | 0.0007 | 128.8 | <0.0001 | 19.3 | 0.86 | 33.6 | <0.0001 | 14.2 | 0.0005 | 11.4 | 0.64 | 6.6 | 0.76 | |
*
p values compare Stroke Belt or Buckle to the Rest of the Nation.