Table 1.
Variables | Frequency (%) |
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Gender | |
Male | 101 (57.38%) |
Female | 75 (42.61%) |
Age | |
Middle aged patients (36–55 years) | 45 (25.5%) |
Old aged patients (55 years and above) | 131 (74.4%) |
Risk factors | |
Hypertension | 89 (50.56%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 35 (19.88%) |
Hyperlipidaemia | 27 (15.34%) |
Coronary artery disease | 11 (6.25%) |
Atrial fibrillation | 8 (4.54%) |
Past history of stroke | 2 (1.13%) |
Smoking | 1 (0.005%) |
Valvular heart disease | 3 (1.7%) |