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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2017 Jun 1;74(6):695–703. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0020

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of Risk Factors among Patients Hospitalization with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Age and Sex

Risk factors (HTN, Diabetes, Lipid
Disorder, Obesity, and Tobacco Use)
HTN Lipid
disorders
Diabetes Tobacco
use
Obesity AFib IHD None of
above
One or
two risk
factors
Three to
five risk
factors
Male Age 18–34 2003–04 34.0 (1.9) 14.6 (1.3) 15.3 (1.4) 23.1 (1.8) 6.8 (0.9) 2.1 (0.5) 6.4 (0.9) 42.0 (1.9) 48.9 (1.8) 9.1 (1.1)
2011–12 41.3 (1.7)b 29.1 (1.5)c 15.2 (1.1) 35.7 (1.6)c 13.3 (1.1)c 2.9 (0.5) 5.5 (0.7) 27.9 (1.6)c 55.9 (1.7)a 16.2 (1.2)c

Age 35–44 2003–04 54.5 (1.1) 29.0 (0.9) 24.3 (0.8) 31.3 (1.2) 7.7 (0.5) 3.2 (0.4) 11.1 (0.6) 22.8 (0.8) 58.6 (0.9) 18.6 (0.8)
2011–12 65.9 (0.9)c 47.8 (1.0)c 30.3 (0.9)c 41.7 (1.0)c 15.2 (0.7)c 4.3 (0.4) 11.2 (0.6) 12.1 (0.6)c 52.9 (0.9)c 35.0 (0.9)c

Age 45–54 2003–04 69.7 (0.5) 34.6 (0.6) 32.4 (0.5) 32.5 (0.8) 6.1 (0.3) 4.4 (0.2) 21.7 (0.5) 13.2 (0.4) 62.4 (0.6) 24.4 (0.5)
2011–12 76.3 (0.4)c 54.7 (0.5)c 37.9 (0.5)c 47.3 (0.6)c 11.7 (0.3)c 6.0 (0.2)c 20.5 (0.4)b 6.9 (0.3)c 48.9 (0.5)c 44.2 (0.5)c

Age 55–64 2003–04 73.7 (0.4) 38.3 (0.5) 35.9 (0.4) 30.8 (0.8) 5.4 (0.2) 7.0 (0.2) 32.3 (0.5) 10.5 (0.3) 63.0 (0.4) 26.4 (0.5)
2011–12 81.1 (0.3)c 58.6 (0.4)c 41.0 (0.4)c 43.8 (0.4)c 9.7 (0.2)c 9.8 (0.2)c 29.5 (0.3)c 5.6 (0.2)c 47.9 (0.4)c 46.5 (0.4)c

Female Age 18–34 2003–04 26.1 (1.5) 9.6 (1.0) 11.8 (1.2) 21.1 (1.5) 9.1 (1.0) 1.7 (0.4) 2.1 (0.5) 48.6 (1.7) 45.8 (1.6) 5.6 (0.8)
2011–12 30.7 (1.4)a 21.7 (1.3)c 15.5 (1.1)a 26.5 (1.4)b 15.7 (1.0)c 1.8 (0.4) 3.9 (0.6)a 38.5 (1.5)c 48.0 (1.6) 13.5 (1.0)c

Age 35–44 2003–04 50.1 (1.2) 20.8 (0.9) 24.2 (0.9) 26.9 (1.0) 10.9 (0.7) 1.2 (0.2) 7.3 (0.5) 28.1 (1.1) 56.5 (1.1) 15.4 (0.8)
2011–12 57.3 (1.0)c 37.8 (1.0)c 31.4 (0.9)c 35.8 (1.0)c 21.0 (0.8)c 2.3 (0.3)b 7.2 (0.5) 18.6 (0.8)c 49.9 (0.9)c 31.6 (0.9)c

Age 45–54 2003–04 69.8 (0.6) 32.4 (0.7) 35.2 (0.6) 27.4 (0.8) 9.9 (0.5) 3.0 (0.2) 15.1 (0.4) 13.8 (0.5) 61.1 (0.7) 25.0 (0.6)
2011–12 73.7 (0.6)c 50.9 (0.6)c 39.6 (0.6)c 43.5 (0.6)c 17.0 (0.5)c 3.9 (0.2)b 16.1 (0.4) 8.4 (0.4)c 47.9 (0.6)c 43.7 (0.6)c

Age 55–64 2003–04 76.0 (0.4) 36.7 (0.5) 41.0 (0.5) 24.6 (0.7) 8.2 (0.3) 6.0 (0.2) 22.9 (0.4) 10.0 (0.3) 63.3 (0.5) 26.7 (0.5)
2011–12 81.1 (0.3)c 58.0 (0.4)c 46.2 (0.4)c 36.5 (0.5)c 15.6 (0.3)c 7.8 (0.2)c 22.4 (0.4) 5.8 (0.2)c 46.3 (0.4)c 47.9 (0.5)c
a

p value for trend <0.05;

b

p value for trend <0.01;

c

p value for trend <0.001.

HTN=hypertension, Afib=atrial fibrillation, IHD=ischemic heart disease