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Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 May 6;24(8):1817–1822. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.04.018

Table 1.

linical characteristics of the Brazilian and Boston cohorts.

Variable	Brazilian cohort			Boston cohort (stroke) n=788
Variable	Stroke (n=44)	Heart failure (n=46)	Controls (n=50)	Boston cohort (stroke) n=788

Age (years), mean +/− SD	65+/− 13	63+/− 11	65 +/− 9	66 +/− 14

Female sex, n (%)	21 (48)	26 (57)	35 (70)	298 (38)

Chagas Disease, n (%)	19 (43)	22 (48)	5 (10)	-

rs20417 genotype
GG, n (%)	5 (11)	9 (20)	34 (68)	20 (3)
GC, n (%)	24 (55)	31 (67)	10 (20)	225 (29)
CC, n (%)	15 (34)	6 (13)	6 (12)	543 (69)

Minor (C) allele frequency	0.61	0.47	0.22	0.83