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. 2015 Mar 11;15:28. doi: 10.1186/s12883-015-0278-4

Table 1.

Classical factors associated with new vascular events at one-year follow-up

Primary end-point
Yes (n = 78) No (n = 485) p
Male, % 77.6 67.0 0.15
Age 72.6 (8.4) 71.1 (7.2) 0.31
Weight 78.8 (14.3) 74.8 (12.1) 0.01
Height 165.4 (7.5) 164.0 (8.0) 0.17
Body mass index 28.8 (4.7) 27.8 (4.3) 0.09
Waist circumference 101.0 (14.9) 100.1 (12.9) 0.22
Systolic blood pressure 162.4 (25.4) 152.4 (26.5) 0.06
Diastolic blood pressure 85.2 (13.3) 82.3 (13.5) 0.10
Familiar history of cardiovascular disease
  Stroke, % 23.1 18.1 0.52
  Ischaemic CHD, % 11.5 16.3 0.31
  Sudden death, % 5.1 3.3 0.50
Personal history
  Alcohol intake, % (>40gr/day) 10.4 5.0 0.07
  Active smoker, % 18.4 18.1 0.81
  Arterial hypertension, % 72.4 71.6 0.87
  Diabetes mellitus, % 51.3 32.2 0.002
  Dyslipidaemia, % 51.9 43.9 0.22
  Ischaemic CHD, % 16.9 11.4 0.18
  Symptomatic PAD, % 18.2 7.6 0.005
Treatment before index stroke
  Antiplatelet agents, % 29.5 24.7 0.39
  Statins, % 33.3 26.8 0.49
  Antihypertensive, % 61.5 60.4 0.62
  Hypoglycaemics, % 41.0 25.4 0.01
Treatment at discharge
  Antiplatelet agents 100 99.3 0.46
  Statins 70.0 71.8 0.84
  Antihypertensive drugs 75.6 72.8 0.65
  Hypoglycaemics 42.8 31.5 0.05
Stroke subtype 0.07
  Atherothrombotic
  Probable 25.0 15.7
  Possible 46.1 43.0
  Small vessel disease 18.4 21.0
  Cryptogenic 10.5 20.3
mRankin <2 at discharge 41.0 57.9 0.08
mRankin ≤2 at 1 year 39.0 70.3 <0.0001

CHD: cardiac heart disease. PAD: peripheral artery disease.

P-value (log-rank test).