Table 1 .
Distribution of risk factors by prior treatment
| Antiplatelets | Antihypertensives | Statins | |||||||
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| % yes | % no | p | % yes | % no | p | % yes | % no | p | |
| Mean age±SD | 74.7±9.7 | 69.0±13.3 | <0.001 | 73.7±10.0 | 68.0±14.5 | <0.001 | 70.0±8.9 | 71.5±12.7 | 0.020 |
| Arterial hypertension | 81.7 | 62.5 | <0.001 | 92.7 | 36.3 | <0.001 | 84.7 | 68.4 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 29.6 | 22.9 | <0.001 | 28.1 | 20.6 | <0.001 | 30.6 | 24.3 | 0.036 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 33.8 | 26.7 | <0.001 | 32.4 | 24.0 | <0.001 | 81.6 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
| Previous stroke/TIA | 41.4 | 11.3 | <0.001 | 28.1 | 19.6 | <0.001 | 32.6 | 23.7 | 0.003 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 25.7 | 11.4 | <0.001 | 26.2 | 12.4 | <0.001 | 17.3 | 20.9 | 0.197 |
| CHD | 33.7 | 8.3 | <0.001 | 25.1 | 10.2 | <0.001 | 47.8 | 16.0 | <0.001 |
| PAD | 11.8 | 3.4 | <0.001 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 0.030 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 0.009 |
| Cigarette smoking | 16.0 | 27.4 | <0.001 | 15.5 | 31.6 | <0.001 | 17.5 | 22.4 | 0.092 |
| Alcohol abuse | 5.4 | 9.8 | <0.001 | 6.1 | 10.9 | <0.001 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 0.304 |
| Obesity | 12.3 | 11.1 | 0.405 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 0.016 | 17.9 | 10.5 | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: TIA=transient ischemic attack; CHD=coronary heart disease; PAD=peripheral arterial disease.