Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of ischemic stroke cases and controls
| Characteristic | Control (n = 865) | Ischemic stroke | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 778) | P | LAA (n = 281) | P | Cardioembolism (n = 160) | P | SAO (n = 210) | P | ||
| Age (year) | 51.7±14.7 | 64.0±12.6 | < 0.001* | 65.1±11.9 | < 0.001* | 65.2±13.4 | < 0.001* | 62.4±11.8 | 0.002* |
| Sex (male) | 438(50.6) | 475(61.1) | < 0.001* | 191(68.0) | < 0.001* | 76(47.5) | 0.466 | 135(64.3) | < 0.001* |
| Hypertension | 165(19.1) | 519(66.7) | < 0.001* | 196(69.8) | < 0.001* | 81(50.6) | < 0.001* | 167(79.5) | < 0.001* |
| Diabetes | 58(6.7) | 248(31.9) | < 0.001* | 93(33.1) | < 0.001* | 39(24.4) | < 0.001* | 81(38.6) | < 0.001* |
| Hyperlipidemia | 89(10.3) | 132(17.0) | < 0.001* | 46(16.4) | 0.06 | 14(8.8) | 0.552 | 55(26.2) | < 0.001* |
| Atrial fibrillation | 5(0.5) | 141(18.1) | < 0.001* | 2(0.7) | 0.803 | 127(79.4) | < 0.001* | 2(1.0) | 0.545 |
| Smoking | 221(25.5) | 268(34.4) | < 0.001* | 122(43.4) | < 0.001* | 33(20.6) | 0.185 | 77(36.7) | 0.001* |
| Drinking | 160(18.5) | 167(21.5) | 0.132 | 69(24.6) | 0.027* | 28(17.5) | 0.765 | 47(22.4) | 0.200 |
LAA: Large-artery atherosclerosis; SAO: small-artery occlusion. Data are expressed as n (percent) with the exception of age. The data for age are expressed as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, vs. control group (chi-square or independent samples t-test).