Table 3.

Predictors of Incident Stroke Among a Prospective cohort of Ghanaians with Hypertension and/or Diabetes Mellitus.

Predictors	Unadjusted HR	P-value	Adjusted HR	P-value
Male gender	2.27 (1.25–4.16)	0.007	1.26 (0.55–2.89)	0.59
Age/10 year increase	1.36 (1.05–1.75)	0.02	1.04 (0.78–1.39)	0.79
Tertiary level	0.83 (0.46–1.50)	0.53	–
Secondary level	0.23 (0.06–0.84)	0.03	–
Primary level	1		–
Location
Urban	1.38 (0.96–1.98)	0.09	–
Semi-urban	2.00 (0.89–4.45)	0.09	–
Rural	1
Hypertension	0.96 (0.59–1.56)	0.86	–
Diabetes and hypertension	1.54 (0.58–4.10)	0.39	–
Diabetes	1		–
Unemployed	2.06 (1.15–3.70)	0.02	1.60 (0.82–3.13)	0.17
Previous Cigarette smoking	3.67 (1.77–7.62)	0.0005	2.70 (1.11–6.57)	0.03
Alcohol	1.04 (0.37–2.91)	0.94	–
Physical inactivity	1.78 (0.99–3.19)	0.05	1.65 (0.91–3.01)	0.10
Vegetable intake	0.94 (0.82–1.07)	0.37	–
Fruit intake	0.90 (0.77–1.06)	0.20	–
eGFR categories (ml/min)
>89	1		1
60–88	1.84 (0.86–3.96)	0.12	1.42 (0.63–3.21)	0.4
30–59	1.97 (1.30–2.97)	0.001	1.88 (1.17–3.02)	0.009
<30	2.03 (1.32–3.12)	0.001	1.52 (0.93–2.48)	0.10
Increased Waist circumference	0.49 (0.27–0.89)	0.02	0.66 (0.33–1.33)	0.25