Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of ischemic stroke cases and matched control subjects

	Control Subjects (n=774)	Case Subjects (n=774)	P value
Age	69 (65, 73)	69 (65, 74)	NA
Race			NA
White	86.8	86.8
African American	8.0	8.0
Hispanic	2.2	2.2
Other	3.0	3.0
Body mass index	26.0 (23.2, 29.7)	26.8 (23.5, 30.3)	0.03
Smoking			<0.01
Current	3.8	8.2
Past	41.6	39.6
Systolic blood pressure			<0.001
≤120	34.9	21.2
120-140	38.2	38.3
>140	26.9	40.5
Diastolic blood pressure			0.03
< 90	95.2	92.6
≥ 90	4.8	7.4
Use of any hypertensive medication	32.4	55.3	<0.001
History of diabetes*	7.6	16.2	<0.001
Education			0.08
Less than high school	6.2	6.8
High school graduate	16.2	18.3
Some college/post high school training	37.8	41.5
College graduate	39.8	33.4
Baseline Alcohol			0.13
Non-drinker	28.8	32.8
1-7 drinks per week	59.1	53.8
≥ 7 drinks per week	12.2	13.4
Hormone Use	38.2	40.3	0.40
Type of hormone use			0.31
Estrogen alone	62.5	68.6
Estrogen + progestin	37.5	31.4
Exercise status (mets/wk)	10.8 (3.5, 20.7)	8.3 (2.5, 18.8)	<0.01

Values are given as median (interquartile range) or percentage

^*Diabetes was defined as being on treatment for diabetes or fasting glucose >126mg/dL