Table 1.
Demographic and clinical profile of studied subjects
| Variable | Stroke patients (n = 322) |
Controls (n = 410) |
p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male/female | 156/166 | 217/193 | 0.31 |
| Age at study (years) | 67.3 ± 16.2 | 56.8 ± 19.2 | 0.012 |
| Age at stroke (years) | 64.3 ± 12.7 | NA | |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 169 (52) | 0 | |
| Cardiac disease (%) | 219 (68) | 0 | |
| Hypertension (%) | 282 (88) | 0 | |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 90 (28) | 0 | |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.9 ± 1.3 | 4.2 ± 1.7 | <0.01 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.2 ± 0.6 | ND | |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 2.91 ± 1.02 | ND | |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 1.21 ± 0.86 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.1 ± 4.2 | 25.8 ± 4.6 | <0.001 |
Values are presented as mean ± SD (continuous characteristics) or as numbers with percent in parentheses (discrete characteristics)
NA not applicable, ND not determined
aPearson’s Chi-squared test for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables