Table 5.

Stroke prevention strategies indicated by participants in the response to close-ended question by gender, age group, place of residence, education level, and profession.

	Smoking Cessation	Moderate Alcohol Consumption	Low Fat Diet	Taking Aspirin	Regular Physical Activity	Healthy Lifestyle	Blood Pressure Monitoring	Taking Vitamins
All
n	680	367	559	265	656	877	771	155
%	60.0	32.4	49.3	23.4	57.8	77.3	68.0	13.7
Gender
male, n	226	124	174	84	215	296	249	65
%	59.2	32.5	45.5	22.0	56.3	77.5	65.2	17.0
female, n	454	243	385	181	441	581	522	90
%	60.4	32.3	51.2	24.1	58.6	77.3	69.4	12.0
Age group *
<45 years, n	412	214	336	147	405	539	460	88
%	58.6	30.4	47.8	20.9	57.6	76.7	65.4	12.5
≥45 years, n	268	153	223	118	251	338	311	67
%	62.2	35.5	51.7	27.4	58.2	78.4	72.2	15.5
Place of residence *
urban, n	456	259	390	193	438	582	525	97
%	62.0	35.2	53.1	26.3	59.6	79.2	71.4	13.2
rural, n	224	108	169	72	218	295	246	58
%	56.1	27.1	42.4	18.0	54.6	73.9	61.7	14.5
Education duration *
<10 years, n	148	87	113	50	138	210	182	42
%	52.7	31.0	40.2	17.8	49.1	74.7	64.8	14.9
>10 years, n	532	280	446	215	518	667	589	113
%	62.4	32.8	52.3	25.2	60.7	78.2	69.1	13.2
Stroke in relatives or friends *
yes, n	215	121	194	92	219	261	246	37
%	65.7	37.0	59.3	28.1	67.0	79.8	75.2	11.3
no, n	465	246	365	173	437	617	525	118
%	57.6	30.5	45.2	21.4	54.2	76.5	65.1	14.6
Profession
white-collar worker, n	277	148	234	99	282	361	300	56
%	61.3	32.7	51.8	21.9	62.4	79.9	66.4	12.4
retired, n	157	90	130	76	146	204	193	37
%	57.5	33.0	47.6	27.8	53.5	74.7	70.7	13.6
manual worker, n	125	69	88	37	117	166	146	42
%	55.6	30.7	39.1	16.4	52.0	73.8	64.9	18.7
unemployed, n	48	20	36	12	37	58	49	10
%	62.3	26.0	46.8	15.6	48.1	75.3	63.6	13.0
health care professional, n	55	28	52	28	52	61	59	7
%	74.3	37.8	70.3	37.8	70.3	82.4	79.7	9.5
private business, n	18	12	19	13	22	27	24	3
%	54.5	36.4	57.6	39.4	66.7	81.8	72.7	9.1

Note: Between-groups comparisons performed with Cochran Mantel Haenszel test, * indicates p < 0.05. Proportions in the Profession category were not analyzed.