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. 2013 Mar 5;15(3):264–268. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.4282

Table 2. Age, sex, andSubtype Distributions of Stroke Risk Factor.

Risk Factors
Hypertension Diabetes Mellitus Dyslipidemia Cardiac disease Cigarette Previous stroke
Gender, No. (%)
Male 266 (45.6) 78 (13.4) 71 (12.2) 139 (23.8) 82 (14.1) 127 (21.8)
Female 401 (63.1) 104 (16.4) 78 (12.3) 159 (25) 28 (4.4) 118 (18.6)
P value < 0.001 0.15 0.96 0.6 < 0.001 0.16
Age group, No. (%)
15-45 12 (21.8) 4 (7.3) 6 (10.9) 11 (20) 9 (16.4) 5 (9.1)
46-65 135 (48) 55 (19.6) 52 (18.5) 70 (24.9) 35 (12.5) 57 (20.3)
> 66 520 (58.9) 123 (13.9) 91 (10.3) 217 (24.6) 66 (7.5) 183 (20.7)
P value < 0.001 0.02 < 0.001 0.7 < 0.001 0.11
Stroke Subtypes
Ischemic 561 (53.9) 164 (15.8) 133 (12.8) 266 (25.6) 97 (9.3) 213 (20.5)
Hemorrhagic 106 (59.6) 18 (10.1) 16 (9) 32 (18) 13 (7.3) 32 (18)
P value 0.16 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.39 0.45
Total 667 (54.7) 182 (14.9) 149 (12.2) 298 (24.4) 110 (9) 245 (20.1)