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. 2018 Oct 15;13(10):e0205428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205428

Table 1. Demographics and characteristics of eligible population included in the analysis and those with incident cranial nerve palsy and incident stroke.

Eligible Population Cranial Nerve Palsy Stroke
Number 727,689 (100%) 1,633 (100%) 17,657 (100%)
Demographics
Sex
    Women 370,269 (50.9%) 728 (44.6%) 8,538 (48.4%)
    Men 357,420 (49.1%) 905 (55.4%) 9,119 (51.6%)
Age group at diagnosis (years)
    20–39 339,306 (46.6%) 232 (14.2%) 1,177 (6.7%)
    40–59 268,953 (37.0%) 765 (46.8%) 5,477 (31.0%)
    60+ 119,430 (16.4%) 636 (38.9%) 11,003 (62.3%)
Residential Area
    Seoul and Incheon 194,793 (26.8%) 430 (26.3%) 3,629 (20.6%)
    Gyeonggi and Gangwon 174,442 (24.0%) 372 (22.8%) 3,849 (21.8%)
    Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, and Gyeongsang 198,472 (27.3%) 442 (27.1%) 5,502 (31.2%)
    Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong 72,926 (10.0%) 176 (10.8%) 2,079 (11.8%)
    Gwangju, Jeola, and Jeju 87,056 (12.0%) 213 (13.0%) 2,598 (14.7%)
House Income
    Low income 236,254 (32.5%) 524 (32.1%) 6,359 (36.0%)
    Middle income 303,354 (41.7%) 631 (38.6%) 6,460 (36.6%)
    High income 188,081 (25.8%) 478 (29.3%) 4,838 (27.4%)
Comorbidity
    Hypertension 80,830 (11.1%) 505 (30.9%) 6,551 (37.1%)
    Diabetes 49,972 (6.9%) 490 (30.0%) 3,053 (17.3%)
    Ischemic Heart Disease 24,178 (3.3%) 144 (8.8%) 1,759 (10.0%)
    Congestive Heart Failure 9,480 (1.3%) 52 (3.2%) 959 (5.4%)
    Cancer 16,903 (2.3%) 76 (4.7%) 752 (4.3%)
    Tuberculosis 8,835 (1.2%) 26 (1.6%) 361 (2.0%)
    Peripheral Arterial Disease 13,405 (1.8%) 80 (4.9%) 984 (5.6%)
    Atrial Fibrillation 2,916 (0.4%) 17 (1.0%) 339 (1.9%)
    Chronic Kidney Disease 1,472 (0.2%) 13 (0.8%) 126 (0.7%)
    Dyslipidemia 49,835 (6.8%) 304 (18.6%) 2,449 (13.9%)
Co-medication
    Anti-coagulant agents 603 (0.1%) 7 (0.4%) 80 (0.5%)
    Anti-hypertensive agents 33,360 (4.6%) 244 (14.9%) 2,822 (16.0%)
    Anti-platelet agents 4,558 (0.6%) 37 (2.3%) 466 (2.6%)
    Hypoglycemic agents 16 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%) 3 (0.0%)