Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of stroke patients and controls

	Patients (n = 58)	Controls (n = 32)	Pvalue
Age, years (mean and range)	72 (58, 77)	71 (61, 76)	0.999
Gender (female %)	44.8	56.3	0.299
Hypertension, %	56.9	75.0	0.088
Hyperlipidemia, %	41.4	53.1	0.284
Diabetes, %	10.3	12.5	0.739
Smoking, %	17.2	18.8	0.858
BMI, kg/m2	25.7 (24.5, 28.6)	25.6 (23.9, 30.0)	0.606
Creatinine, umol/L	78 (64, 86)	79.5 (72.3, 90.8)	0.367
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2	80.6 (66.3, 93.1)	71.6 (62.3, 89.7)	0.123

Baseline characteristics are shown as percentages or median (interquartile range). BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.