Table 1. Baseline Participant Characteristics by Incident Stroke Status, SALSA, California, 1998–2008.
| No Stroke (n = 1457) | Incident Stroke (n = 164) | ||
| Characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | P |
| Age (SD)* | 70.2 (6.9) | 72.6 (7.9) | 0.0004 |
| BMI* | 29.74 (6.0) | 29.85 (5.5) | 0.5532 |
| Men | 602 (41.3) | 71 (43.3) | 0.6265 |
| Nativity | 0.8955 | ||
| Mexico | 677 (46.5) | 71(43.3) | |
| United States | 686 (47.1) | 82 (50.0) | |
| Other | 85 (5.8) | 10 (6.1) | |
| Education (years) | 0.2878 | ||
| 0–3 | 464 (31.8) | 59 (36.0) | |
| 4–11 | 552 (37.9) | 59 (36.0) | |
| ≥12 | 432 (.6) | 45 (27.4) | |
| Smoking Status | 0.8795 | ||
| Ever | 769 (52.8) | 92 (56.1) | |
| Never | 677 (46.5) | 71 (43.3) | |
| Income | 0.7760 | ||
| 1,000/month | 635 (43.6) | 70 (42.7) | |
| 1,000–1999/month | 441 (30.3) | 54 (32.9) | |
| ≥2,000/month | 349 (24.0) | 37 (22.6) | |
| Hypertension | 928 (63.7) | 126 (76.8) | 0.0008 |
| Diabetes | 433 (.7) | 66 (40.2) | 0.0215 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 846 (58.1) | 92 (56.1) | 0.07 |
| Atrial Fibrillation | 74 (5.1) | 15 (9.2) | 0.0901 |
| Coronary Heart Disease/PAD | 260 (17.8) | 42 (25.6) | 0.0532 |
| Sero-positivity | |||
| CMV | 882(60.5) | 97 (59.2) | 0.1889 |
| H. pylori | 959 (65.8) | 105 (64.0) | 0.4574 |
| VZV | 9 (20.5) | 36 (22.0) | 0.6192 |
| HSV1 | 920(63.1) | 94 (57.3) | 0.3564 |
| T. gondii | 353 (24.2) | 38 (23.2) | 0.7506 |
| All 5 pathogens | 56 (3.8) | 11 (6.7) | 0.0807 |
*
Mean(Standard Deviation (SD));BMI: Body mass index; N: number; P: p-value; SALSA: Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; H. pylori: Helicobacter Pylori; VZV: Varicella zoster virus; HSV1: Herpes simplex virus type 1; T. gondii: Toxoplasma gondii.