Table 3.
Characteristics of questionnaire respondents according to county and time period
| Intervention county | Control county | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 (n = 665) | T1 (n = 518) | T0 (n = 93) | T1 (n = 145) | |||||
| Age, yrs (median [Q1-Q3]) | 48 | [34–62] | 36 | [24–48] | 57 | [36–68] | 49 | [28–70] |
| 18–44 years old | 298 | (44.8) | 364 | (70.3) | 31 | (33.3) | 70 | (48.3) |
| 45–64 years old | 224 | (33.7) | 107 | (20.7) | 28 | (30.1) | 24 | (16.6) |
| ≥ 65 years old | 143 | (21.5) | 47 | (9.1) | 34 | (36.6) | 51 | (35.2) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 190 | (28.74) | 133 | (25.78) | 27 | (29.03) | 35 | (24.14) |
| Female | 471 | (71.26) | 383 | (74.22) | 66 | (70.97) | 110 | (75.86) |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Low | 117 | (17.97) | 74 | (14.31) | 23 | (25.54) | 53 | (28.61) |
| Medium | 390 | (59.91) | 328 | (63.45) | 42 | (37.19) | 49 | (35.51) |
| High | 144 | (22.12) | 115 | (22.24) | 24 | (26.97) | 36 | (26.09) |
| History of stroke | ||||||||
| Stroke survivor | 13 | (2.00) | 11 | (2.12) | 7 | (7.61) | 3 | (2.08) |
| Relative of a stroke survivor | 437 | (66.82) | 344 | (66.54) | 66 | (74.16) | 89 | (63.57) |
| Stroke risk factors | ||||||||
| Low physical activity | 72 | (10.93) | 51 | (9.85) | 20 | (23.26) | 24 | (17.14) |
| Active smoker | 95 | (14.31) | 104 | (20.08) | 14 | (15.22) | 20 | (14.08) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 32 | (5.11) | 16 | (3.13) | 7 | (7.87) | 21 | (15.56) |
| Hypertension | 98 | (15.31) | 56 | (10.92) | 13 | (14.77) | 34 | (24.46) |
| Cardioembolic disease | 12 | (4.00) | 4 | (3.28) | 3 | (9.68) | 7 | (14.00) |