. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2010 Jun 23;19(9):1323–1331. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9691-8

Table 1.

Background Characteristics of Study Participants

Variable	History of stroke (n = 2,581)	No history of stroke (N = 38,066)	p value
Age, mean (SD)	68.26 (9.32)	64.46 (9.62)	<.0001
Race, n (%)
African American	1,435 (56)	17,380 (46)	<.0001
White	1,146 (44)	20,686 (54)
Gender, n (%)
Female	1,340 (52)	21,636 (57)	<.0001
Male	1,241 (48)	16,430 (43)
PCS, mean (SD)	39.27 (11.38)	46.68 (10.39)	<.0001
MCS, mean (SD)	51.45 (10.70)	53.88 (8.56)	<.0001

PCS = Physical Component Summary; MCS = Mental Component Summary.