Table 1:

Patients demographic and clinical information^a

	First-Time Stroke (n = 51)	Recurrent Stroke (n = 38)	P Value
Age (yr)	59.98 ± 10.55	67.05 ± 9.69	.002b
Sex, male	72.5%	78.9%	.489
Body mass index	24.06 ± 2.76	23.69 ± 2.93	.543
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.50 ± 1.05	4.96 ± 0.91	.031b
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.08 ± 0.27	1.14 ± 0.24	.346
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	2.74 ± 0.94	2.95 ± 0.69	.223
Hypertension	70.6%	86.8%	.069
Diabetes	37.3%	39.5%	.831
Smoking	58.8%	50.0%	.408
Coronary heart disease	17.6%	22.5%	.732

^aMean ± SD or %.

^bP < .05.