Table 7.

Frequency of risk factors among different subtypes of patients in Upper Egypt (desert area)

	TIA n=7	Infarction n=406	Hemorrhage n=64	P-value
HTN	4 (57.1%)	252 (62.6%)	52 (81.2%)	0.01
DM	1 (14.2%)	148 (36.5%)	15 (23.4%)	0.06
Smoking
Ex-smoker	0	70 (17.2%)	11 (17.1%)	0.12
Smoker	4 (57.1%)	81 (19.9%)	10 (15.6%)
Cardiac	0	37 (9.1%)	4 (6.2%)	0.48
Hyperlipidemia	2 (28.6%)	220 (54.2%)	32 (50.0%)	0.43
Positive FH	0	22 (5.4%)	2 (3.1%)	0.61
Previous stroke	0	57 (14%)	3 (4.7%)	0.05
No of risk factors
Not recorded	0	11 (2.7%)	1 (1.6%)	0.27
One factor	1 (14.3%)	53 (13.1%)	11 (17.1%)
Two factors	3 (42.8%)	80 (19.7%)	18 (28.1%)
Three factors	2 (28.6%)	110 (27.1%)	17 (26.6%)
Four or more	1 (14.3%)	152 (37.4%)	17 (26.6%)

Note: Data are presented as n(%).

Abbreviations: TIA, transient ischemic attack; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; FH, family history of stroke.