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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 5.

Predictors of treatment among stroke/TIA survivors among those aware.

Treatment for Hypertension Treatment for Diabetes Treatment for Dyslipidemia
N Diabetes
N (%)
P-Value N Diabetes
N(%)
P-Value N Treated
N(%)
P-Value
Age 45–54 112 101 (90.2%) 0.82 47 36 (76.6%) 0.052 90 58 (64.4%) 0.022
55–64 626 612 (92.5%) 334 302 (90.4%) 518 387 (74.7%)
65–74 826 765 (92.6%) 391 344 (88.0%) 640 501 (78.3%)
75+ 616 571 (92.7%) 209 184 (88.0%) 471 366 (77.7%)
Sex Female 1190 1108 (93.1%) 0.22 508 442 (87.0%) 0.20 933 666 (71.4%) < 0.0001
Male 1028 943 (91.7%) 474 425 (90.0%) 787 647 (82.2%)
Race Black 1155 1088 (94.2%) 0.0013 591 527 (89.2%) 0.28 767 587 (76.5%) 0.85
White 1062 962 (90.6%) 390 339 (86.9%) 952 725 (76.2%)
Region Nonbelt 1024 954 (93.2%) 0.37 465 419 (90.1%) 0.19 780 597 (76.5%) 0.98
Belt 781 714 (91.4%) 342 294 (86.0%) 609 464 (76.2%)
Buckle 413 383 (82.7%) 175 154 (88.0%) 331 252 (76.1%)
BMI <25 512 460 (89.8%) 0.0017 144 124 (86.1%) 0.13 394 282 (71.6%) 0.047
25–30 764 700 (91.6%) 310 226 (85.8%) 626 485 (77.5%)
30+ 900 853 (94.8%) 505 455 (90.1%) 670 521 (77.8%)
Smoking Never 882 821 (93.1%) 0.25 372 330 (88.7%) 0.27 660 495 (75.0%) 0.0057
Past 964 894 (92.7%) 459 404 (88.0%) 763 608 (79.7%)
Current 366 331 (90.4%) 150 133 (88.7%) 295 209 (70.9%)
Income <$20K 656 606 (92.4%) 0.010 311 268 (86.2%) 0.012 457 336 (73.5%) 0.013
$20K – $35K 621 590 (95.0%) 284 262 (92.3%) 483 365 (75.6%)
$35K – $75K 451 404 (89.6%) 182 158 (86.8%) 376 311 (82.7%)
$75K+ 159 146 (91.8%) 55 43 (78.2%) 137 103 (75.2%)
Education <HS 508 467 (91.9%) 0.89 247 216 (87.5%) 0.75 367 281 (76.6%) 0.88
HS Grad 597 551 (92.3%) 256 230 (89.8%) 468 352 (75.2%)
Some College 579 539 (93.1%) 265 231 (87.2%) 452 344 (76.1%)
College Grad 527 489 (92.8%) 210 187 (89.1%) 431 334 (77.5%)