Table 1.
Characteristic of female and male diabetic patients presented as the number of subjects in each category (N = 4622).
| Variables | Female (n = 2280) | Male (n = 2342) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| WHO classification | ||||
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | 265 | 11.6 | 300 | 12.8 |
| Ischemic stroke | 1924 | 84.4 | 1962 | 83.8 |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 7 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Transient ischemic attack | 63 | 2.8 | 56 | 2.4 |
| Unclassified | 20 | 0.9 | 19 | 0.8 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| <65 | 1237 | 54.3 | 1420 | 60.6 |
| ≥65 | 1043 | 45.7 | 919 | 39.3 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Malay | 558 | 24.5 | 533 | 22.8 |
| Chinese | 69 | 3.0 | 74 | 3.2 |
| Indian | 48 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.5 |
| Others | 1605 | 70.4 | 1699 | 72.5 |
| Education | ||||
| Informal | 988 | 43.3 | 795 | 33.9 |
| Formal | 1292 | 56.7 | 1547 | 66.1 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 36 | 1.6 | 52 | 2.2 |
| Married | 1982 | 86.9 | 2061 | 88.0 |
| Divorced | 14 | 0.6 | 17 | 0.7 |
| Widowed | 96 | 4.2 | 18 | 0.8 |
| Unknown | 152 | 6.7 | 194 | 8.3 |
| Smoker | 856 | 37.5 | 1513 | 64.6 |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | ||||
| >1 | 155 | 6.8 | 172 | 7.3 |
| 1-5 | 861 | 37.8 | 885 | 37.8 |
| 6-10 | 365 | 16.0 | 323 | 13.8 |
| >10 | 377 | 16.5 | 319 | 13.6 |
| Unknown | 522 | 22.9 | 643 | 27.5 |
| BMI | ||||
| Normal | 423 | 18.6 | 365 | 15.6 |
| Overweight | 601 | 26.4 | 599 | 25.6 |
| Obese | 1192 | 52.3 | 1293 | 55.2 |
| Underweight | 52 | 2.3 | 58 | 2.5 |
| Hypertension | 2063 | 90.5 | 1993 | 85.1 |
| IHD | 235 | 10.3 | 395 | 16.9 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 753 | 33.0 | 637 | 27.2 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 68 | 3.0 | 72 | 3.1 |
| Death | 208 | 9.1 | 285 | 12.2 |
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; IHD = ischemic heart disease; WHO = World Health Organization.