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. 2017 Sep 29;19(3):286–294. doi: 10.5853/jos.2017.00234

Table 3.

Vascular risk factors among stroke patients, from hospital-based registries

Country Year HT (%) DM (%) HL (%) AF (%) pS, TIA (%) CAD (%) SM (%)
South Asia
 Bangladesh [25] 2014 57.6 23.0 5.3 - - 17.1 44.6
 Bhutan - - - - - - - -
 India [7] 2013 85.0 50.0 26.0 - - - 26.8
 Nepal [26] 2011 61.2 9.3 7.5 23.0 - - 59.4
 Pakistan [27] 2008 50.0 18.0 - - 17.0 19.0 17.0
 Sri Lanka [28] 2015 58.9 42.4 40.2 6.5 32.3 - 29.7
East Asia
 China [29] 2011 63.2 17.7 9.7 5.5 30.9 11.8 38.9
 DPR Korea - - - - - - - -
 Japan [30] 2010 74.4 22.4 35.7 - 14.7 - 19.7
 Mongolia - - - - - - - -
 Korea [12] 2013 63.5 30.1 19.3 19.4 19.7 - 38.0
 Taiwan [6] 2014 79.7 43.8 45.4 14.7 31.8 12.3 39.8
South-East Asia
 Brunei - - - - - - - -
 Cambodia - - - - - - - -
 Indonesia [31] 2001 73.9 17.3 - 5.8 19.9 - 20.4
 Lao PDR - - - - - - - -
 Malaysia [32] 2012 75.5 45.6 22.4 - 25.1 - 19.4
 Myanmar - - - - - - - -
 Papua New Guinea - - - - - - - -
 Philippines - - - - - - - -
 Singapore [33] 2008 67.8 39.7 6.3 10.0 22.3 20.2 22.3
 Thailand [23] 2014 53.0 26.0 30.0 10.0
 Timor Leste - - - - - - - -
 Vietnam [34] 2012 96.4 16.8 22.6 5.8 13.7 - 35.9

HT, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; HL, hyperlipidemia; AF, atrial fibrillation; pS, previous stroke; TIA, transient ischemic attack; CAD, coronary artery disease; SM, smoking.