Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and healthy control subjects.

Characteristic	Patients with ICH n = 389	Control subjects n = 404	Statistical significancea
Age, years	58.42 ± 11.19	54.96 ± 10.42	NS
Sex, male/female	258/131	259/145	NS
Ischaemic heart disease, yes/no	33/356	0/404	P < 0.001
Hypertension, yes/no	194/195	86/318	P < 0.001
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, yes/no	32/357	0/404	P < 0.001
Smoker, yes/no	37/352	45/359	NS
Alcohol drinker, yes/no	272/117	59/345	P < 0.001
BMI	24.35 ± 4.03	23.42 ± 4.24	NS
SBP, mmHg	158.47 ± 28.06	123.22 ± 19.67	P = 0.003
DBP, mmHg	91.25 ± 20.53	79.53 ± 11.68	P < 0.001
TC, mmol/l	2.06 ± 4.91	1.65 ± 1.60	NS
TG, mmol/l	4.53 ± 1.04	4.85 ± 1.18	NS
HDL-C, mmol/l	1.35 ± 0.41	1.64 ± 0.38	NS
LDL-C, mmol/l	2.51 ± 0.86	2.49 ± 0.88	NS
FBG, mmol/l	6.83 ± 4.20	5.39 ± 1.20	P < 0.001

Data presented as mean ± SD or n of patients.

^aStudent’s t-test for continuous variables and χ²-test for categorical variables.

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; NS, no statistically significant between-group difference (P ≥ 0.05).