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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 6.

Successful control of risk factors among treated stroke/TIA survivors (hypertension: SBP < 140 mmHg, DBP < 90 mmHg; diabetes: glucose < 126 mg/dL fasting or < 200 mg/dL nonfasting, and LDL < 100 mg/dL)

Control of Hypertension Control of Diabetes Control of Dyslipidemia
N Diabetes
N (%)
P-Value N Diabetes
N(%)
P-Value N Treated
N(%)
P-Value
Age 45–54 111 79 (71.2%) 0.21 44 23 (52.3%) 0.37 83 32 (38.6%) 0.020
55–64 656 419 (63.9%) 303 173 (57.1%) 455 189 (41.5%)
65–74 819 561 (68.5%) 356 211 (59.3%) 575 274 (47.7%)
75+ 612 408 (66.7%) 191 122 (63.9%) 441 233 (50.6%)
Sex Female 1181 796 (67.4%) 0.47 448 278 (62.1%) 0.084 832 330 (39.7%) < 0.0001
Male 1019 672 (66.0%) 447 252 (56.4%) 723 338 (53.7%)
Race Black 1148 703 (41 .1%) <0.0001 535 318 (59.4%) 0.84 684 281 (41.1%) 0.0003
White 1051 765 (72.8%) 358 211 (58.8%) 870 437 (50.2%)
Region Nonbelt 1016 649 (63.9%) 0.030 422 249 (59.0%) 0.62 719 315 (43.8%) 0.22
Belt 774 533 (68.9%) 308 178 (57.8%) 532 255 (47.9%)
Buckle 410 286 (69.8%) 165 103 (62.4%) 304 148 (48.7%)
BMI <25 511 355 (69.5%) <0.0001 124 79 (63.7%) 0.28 354 153 (43.2%) 0.13
25–30 754 537 (71.2%) 291 178 (61.2%) 580 285 (49.1%)
30+ 897 548 (61.1%) 461 262 (56.8%) 596 264 (44.3%)
Smoking Never 875 581 (66.4%) 0.48 333 201 (60.4%) 0.63 605 246 (40.7%) <0.0001
Past 958 651 (68.0%) 433 257 (59.4%) 696 365 (52.4%)
Current 361 233 (64.5%) 128 71 (55.5%) 252 106 (42.1%)
Income <$20K 651 415 (63.8%) 0.0010 275 160 (58.2%) 0.67 400 182 (45.5%) 0.65
$20K – $35K 616 394 (64.0%) 262 149 (56.9%) 446 216 (48.4%)
$35K – $75K 444 324 (73.0%) 173 108 (62.4%) 349 174 (49.9%)
$75K+ 158 118 (74.1%) 52 32 (61.5%) 127 63 (49.6%)
Education <HS 506 311 (61.5%) 0.0013 219 119 (54.3%) 0.10 320 133 (41.6%) 0.078
HS Grad 591 382 (64.6%) 240 135 (56.3%) 440 199 (45.2%)
Some College 574 395 (68.8%) 235 150 (63.8%) 395 202 (51.1%)
College Grad 522 377 (72.2%) 197 124 (62.9%) 398 183 (46.0%)