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. 2020 Apr 21;11:216. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00216

Table 4.

All participants' sociodemographic, vascular, and lifestyle risk factors by event type.

Minor stroke TIA Mimic Total F2 df p Direction of significant effect
N = 123 (20%) N = 175 (29%) N = 315 (51%) N = 611
Age (Mean ± SD) 73 ± 10 72 ± 11 68 ± 13 70 ± 12 1.20 2, 611 0.153 Mi < TIA***
Mi < MS***
Sex (% Male) 67 (54%) 104 (59%) 107 (34%) 278 (45%) 34.6 2 <0.001 Mi < TIA***
Mi < MS***
Grouped ABCD2 (% Yes)
Low risk (0–3) 17 (14%) 92 (53%) 202 (64%) 311 (51%) 91.0 2 <0.001 Mi < TIA***
Moderate risk (4–5) 65 (53%) 59 (34%) 95 (30%) 219 (36%) Mi < MS***
High risk (6–7) 41 (33%) 23 (13%) 14 (4%) 78 (25%) TIA < MS***
Vascular risk factor (% Yes)
Hypertension 100 (81%) 123 (70%) 202 (64%) 425 (70%) 12.4 2 0.002 Mi < MS***
Hyperlipidemia 70 (57%) 96 (55%) 155 (49%) 321 (52%) 2.7 2 0.257 Mi < MS***
Myocardial infarction 27 (22%) 22 (13%) 24 (8%) 73 (12%) 17.4 2 <0.001 TIA < MS*
Heart failure 16 (13%) 17 (10%) 18 (6%) 51 (8%) 6.8 2 0.033 Mi < MS*
Angina 30 (25%) 31 (18%) 40 (13%) 101 (17%) 9.1 2 0.011 Mi < MS*
Peripheral vascular disease 11 (9%) 18 (10%) 11 (3%) 40 (7%) 10.0 2 0.007 Mi < TIA**
Atrial fibrillation 26 (21%) 41 (23%) 35 (11%) 102 (17%) 14.6 2 0.001 Mi < TIA**
Diabetes 29 (24%) 30 (17%) 47 (15%) 106 (17%) 4.6 2 0.098 Mi < MS*
No. vascular risk factors (mean ± SD) 2.51 ± 1.64 2.16 ± 1.52 1.69 ± 1.35 1.99 ± 1.49 27.5 2 <0.001 Mi < TIA***
Mi < MS***
TIA < MS***
Lifestyle risk factor (% Yes)
Low education 59 (48%) 86 (49%) 135 (43%) 280 (46%) 2.1 2 0.347
Depression 13 (11%) 17 (10%) 27 (9%) 57 (9%) 1.4 2 0.492
*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.010,

***

p < 0.001,

Mi, mimic; MS, minor stroke. Shaded p-values indicate p < 0.05.