Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of stroke and TIA cohorts
| Cohort | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | TIA | ||||
| (n = 4,079) | (n = 1,247) | ||||
| Male | 2,323 | (57.0) | 643 | (51.6) | <0.001 |
| Age; median (IQR) | 70.3 | (11.3) | 70.7 | (10.9) | 0.178 |
| Caucasian | 3,819 | (93.6) | 1,167 | (93.6) | 0.524 |
| Socioeconomic deprivation | 0.024 | ||||
| SIMD I (most deprived) | 1,610 | (39.5) | 550 | (44.1) | |
| SIMD II | 767 | (18.8) | 200 | (16.0) | |
| SIMD III | 483 | (11.8) | 145 | (11.6) | |
| SIMD IV | 447 | (11.0) | 141 | (11.3) | |
| SIMD V (least deprived) | 715 | (17.5) | 195 | (15.6) | |
| Alcohol intake excessive | 200 | (4.9) | 50 | (4.0) | 0.192 |
| Current smoker | 920 | (22.6) | 306 | (24.5) | 0.145 |
| Co-morbidities | |||||
| Ischaemic heart disease | 784 | (19.2) | 310 | (24.9) | <0.001 |
| Heart failure | 263 | (6.5) | 70 | (5.6) | 0.287 |
| Diabetes | 1,088 | (26.7) | 262 | (21.0) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 553 | (13.6) | 192 | (24.5) | 0.101 |
| HADS; median (IQR) | |||||
| HADS-anxiety | 4 | (5) | 5 | (5) | 0.469 |
| HADS-depression | 4 | (4) | 4 | (5) | 0.008 |
Significant values after Bonferroni correction (P < 0.005) in bold. SIMD: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation-described as quintiles. IQR: inter-quartile range.