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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 May 15;19(4):311–320. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.07.001

Table 4.

Predictors of undiagnosed risk factors among stroke/TIA survivors.

Undiagnosed Hypertension Undiagnosed Diabetes Undiagnosed Dyslipidemia
N Present by
Measurement
N(%)
P-Value N Present by
Measurement
N(%)
P-Value N Present by
Measurement
N(%)
P-Value
Age 45–54 61 8 (13.1%) 0.19 122 2 (1.6%) 0.38 80 55 (68.8%) 0.20
55-64 156 30 (19.2%) 463 23 (5.0%) 277 169 (61.0%)
65-74 180 28 (15.6%) 583 22 (3.8%) 366 193 (57.4%)
75+ 196 45 (23.0%) 581 26 (1.5%) 323 183 (56.7%)
Sex Female 305 59 (19.3%) 0.69 942 39 (4.4%) 0.94 518 320 (61.8%) 0.077
Male 288 52 (18.1%) 808 34 (4.2%) 499 281 (56.3%)
Race Black 205 48 (23.4%) 0.033 721 36 (5.0%) 0.15 545 320 (58.7%) 0.79
White 338 63 (16.2%) 1029 37 (3.6%) 472 281 (59.5%)
Region Nonbelt 289 60 (20.8%) 0.34 826 32 (3.9%) 0.77 491 280 (57.0%) 0.079
Belt 193 35 (18.1%) 592 25 (4.2%) 339 217 (64.0%)
Buckle 111 16 (14.4%) 332 16 (4.8%) 188 105 (55.9%)
BMI <25 209 30 (14.4%) 0.0065 553 22 (2.0%) 0.0066 304 175 (57.6%) 0.57
25-30 228 39 (17.1%) 660 32 (4.9%) 344 212 (61.6%)
30+ 151 41 (27.2%) 527 29 (5.6%) 353 209 (59.2%)
Smoking Never 212 34 (16.0%) 0.39 686 30 (1.7%) 0.54 396 231 (58.3%) 0.10
Past 252 53 (21.0%) 733 33 (4.5%) 437 249 (57.0%)
Current 127 24 (19.9%) 325 10 (3..1%) 180 119 (66.1%)
Income <$20K 127 20 (6 3.0%) 0.19 150 5 (3.3%) 0.87 289 182 (63.0%) 0.0056
$20K - $35K 175 39 (22.3%) 406 17 (4.2%) 302 159 (52.7%)
$35K - $75K 146 24 (16.4%) 672 32 (4.8%) 212 120 (56.6%)
$75K+ 55 6 (10.9%) 414 14 (3.4%) 75 54 (72.0%)
Education < HS 99 27 (27.3%) 0.069 437 26 (6.0%) 0.028 215 129 (60.0%) 0.88
HS Grad 159 25 (15.7%) 495 18 (3.6%) 271 155 (57.2%)
Some College 149 30 (20.1%) 406 22 (5.4%) 260 154 (49.2%)
College Grad 186 29 (15.6%) 154 1 (0.65%) 268 162 (60.5%)