Table 1.

CVD risk profile in the first and recurrent BI group

	First BI group (n = 302)	Recurrent BI group (n = 72)	All patients (n = 374)
Men/women	191/111	40/32	231/143
Mean age (SD) years	68.4 (12.3)	74.5 (9.8)**	69.6 (12.1)
Hypertension	186 (61.6%)	56 (77.8%)**	242 (64.7%)
Obesity	69 (22.8%)	20 (27.8%)	89 (23.8%)
Dyslipidemia	71 (23.5%)	19 (26.4%)	90 (24.1%)
Smoking history	175 (57.9%)	32 (44.4%)	207 (55.3%)
Diabetes mellitus	92 (30.5%)	22 (30.6%)	114 (30.5%)
Atrial fibrillation	66 (21.9%)	23 (31.9%)	89 (23.8%)
Prior history of CVD	76 (25.2%)	27 (37.5%)*	103 (27.5%)

Notes:

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01 between the first and the recurrent BI group.

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; BI, brain infarct.