Table 2. Baseline characteristics.
| Included patients | Excluded patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1020 | 105 | ||
| Patients with primary outcome | Patients without primary outcome | ||
| 198 | 822 | ||
| Age (years) (mean, SD) | 66 (10) | 62 (11) | 63 (11) |
| Male sex | 150 (76%) | 518 (63%) | 68 (65%) |
| Qualifying diagnosis | |||
| TIA | 75 (38%) | 283 (34%) | 30 (28%) |
| Stroke | 93 (47%) | 451 (55%) | 66 (62%) |
| Transient Monocular Blindness | 24 (12%) | 79 (10%) | 6 (6%) |
| Retinal infarction | 6 (3%) | 9 (1%) | 3 (3%) |
| Subtype Qualifying diagnosis | |||
| Large vessel disease | 141 (71%) | 552 (67%) | 57 (54%) |
| Small vessel disease | 57 (29%) | 270 (33%) | 48 (46%) |
| History | |||
| Stroke | 53 (27%) | 161 (20%) | 17 (16%) |
| Carotid surgery | 14 (7%) | 21 (3%) | 3 (3%) |
| Myocardial infarction | 37(19%) | 80 (10%) | 9 (9%) |
| Vascular surgery | 51 (26%) | 119 (15%) | 16 (15%) |
| Hypertension | 99 (50%) | 391 (48%) | 50 (47%) |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 37 (19%) | 106 (13%) | 19 (18%) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 60 (30%) | 280 (34%) | 36 (34%) |
| Cigarette smoking | |||
| Currently | 35 (18%) | 198 (24%) | 28 (26%) |
| Never or ever | 159 (81%) | 559 (73%) | 71 (67%) |
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | |||
| Systolic (mean, SD) | 157 (28) | 149 (25) | 153 (28) |
| Diastolic (mean, SD) | 85 (14) | 84 (13) | 84 (14) |
| Glucose (mmol/L) (mean, SD) | 6.6 (2.4) | 6.4 (1.9) | 6.5 (2.0) |
* Patients were excluded because of quality concerns