Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of acute stroke patients and controls

	Control	Patients	P value
Number of participants	50	34
Age, years (mean ± SD)	64.8 ± 10.03	66.79 ± 14.64	0.49a
F/M	35/15	15/19	0.018b
Diabetes (%)	2 (4)	6 (17.6)	0.057c
Current smoker (%)	1 (2)	4 (11.8)	0.153c
Ex‐smoker (%)	16 (32)	9 (26.5)	0.586c
Hypertension (%)	13 (26)	15 (44.1)	0.084b
Dyslipidemia (%)	9 (18)	12 (35.3)	0.072b
Atrial fibrillation (%)	4 (8)	9 (26.5)	0.022b

^a t‐test; ^bChi‐Square tests; ^cFisher's exact test.