Table 1. Basic characteristics of the ischemic stroke case control popolation.

Characteristic	Cases (n = 1158)	Controls (n = 1265)	P
Age (years)*	60.6 ± 8.4	61.7 ± 10.2	<0.001
Gender, female, n (%)	475 (41.0%)	486 (38.4%)	>0.05
Hypertension, n, (%)	637 (55%)	476 (37.6%)	<0.001
Diabetes, n, (%)	158 (13.5%)	119 (9.4%)	<0.01
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.67 ± 1.17	4.26 ± 1.12	<0.001
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.82 ± 0.65	1.79 ± 0.71	>0.05
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.11 ± 0.33	1.20 ± 0.36	<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.66 ± 1.06	2.45 ± 1.04	<0.001
Smoker n (%)	361 (31.7%)	345 (27.3%)	<0.001

Data are shown as mean +/– standard deviation (SD) for quantitative variables and n (%) for qualitative variables.

HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels; LDL-c, low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

^*Age at the first diagnosis of the disease.