Table 1.
Demographic and clinical parameters of studied individuals.
| Parameters | Controls N = 194 |
Ischemic Stroke Group N = 120 |
p Values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, N (%) | Males | 82 (42.27%) | 44 (36.67%) | 0.325 * |
| Females | 112 (57.73%) | 76 (63.33%) | ||
| Age, years (MV ± SD) | 67.49 ± 7.12 | 71.32 ± 6.92 | 0.000 ** | |
| BMI (MV ± SD) | 26.34 ± 8.28 | 29.14 ± 7.18 | 0.002 ** | |
| Hypertension, N (%) | 86 (44.33%) | 56 (46.67%) | 0.686 * | |
| Diabetes mellitus, N (%) | 52 (26.80%) | 49 (40.83%) | 0.010 * | |
| Non-insulin dependent, N (%) | 38 (19.59%) | 42 (35.00%) | 0.002 * | |
| Insulin dependent, N (%) | 14 (7.22%) | 7 (5.83%) | 0.634 * | |
| Dyslipidemia, N (%) | 128 (65.98%) | 86 (71.67%) | 0.293 * | |
| Family history of hypertension, N (%) | 104 (53.61%) | 81 (67.50%) | 0.015 * | |
| Family history of MI, N (%) | 78 (40.21%) | 63 (52.50%) | 0.033 * | |
| Prior PCI, N (%) | 84 (43.30%) | 26 (21.67%) | 0.000 * | |
| Prior stroke, N (%) | 0 (0%) | 31 (25.83%) | - | |
* Chi squared test; ** Students t test.