Table 2.

Distribution of 3309 patients with first stroke or recurrent stroke and any history of AF according to sex and previous history of stroke, admitted to hospitals in Surrey between January 2014 and February 2016

	Patients presented with first stroke (n=2543)		Patients presented with recurrent stroke (n=766)		χ² test for group differences
	N	Proportion (%)	N	Proportion (%)	χ2	P values
Sex (male:female)	1288:1255	50.6:49.4	368:398	48.0:52.0	1.0	0.206
History of AF admitted with ischaemic stroke	371	17.5	193	30.4	50.1	<0.001
History of AF admitted with haemorrhagic stroke	61	15.6	38	30.2	13.1	<0.001
History of AF admitted with ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke	435*	17.1	231*	30.2	62.4	<0.001

*Information on type of stroke was not specified in three cases.

AF, atrial fibrillation.