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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2015 Jul;72(7):781–788. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.0582

Table 1.

Characteristics of Samples Used in the Discovery and Replication Analyses

Cases
Controls
Female, No./Total No. (%) Type of Stroke, No. (%)
Female, No./Total No. (%)
Sample Age Mean (SD), y Small Vessel Large Vessel Cardioembolic Undetermined Age, Mean (SD), y
EA ESP 312/365 (85.5) 62.4 (11.6) 249 (68.2) 114 (31.2) 0 2 (0.5) 460/809 (56.9) 58.5 (11.7)

AA ESP 68/83 (81.9) 57.0 (9.2) 57 (68.7) 23 (27.7) 0 3 (3.6) 215/317 (67.8) 59.3 (8.3)

SWISS 36/94 (38.3) 67.4 (11.5) 56 (59.6) 38 (40.4) 0 0 NA NA

WHI ExomeChip 1672/1672 (100) 68.7 (5.8) 224 (13.4) 107 (6.4) 605 (36.2) 736 (44.0) 4509/4509 (100) 66.9 (6.4)

Abbreviations: AA, African ancestry; EA, European ancestry; ESP, Exome Sequencing Project; NA, not available; SWISS, Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study; WHI, Women's Health Initiative.