Table 2.

Risk factor control profile at 1-year following stroke

Risk Factor (each singular or composite)	Numerator	Proportion (%)
Overall Control (Non-Diabetic)a	3,195	49.2%
Overall Control (Diabetic)b	1,964	28.1%
Blood Pressure Controlc	13,934	71.4%
Lipids (LDL) Controld	9,804	66.6%
Glycaemic Controle	4,782	52.9%

Based on the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) Stroke 2014 guidelines [18], we operationalized our outcome variable of secondary prevention post-stroke as overall control which comprised of individuals having a systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg, LDL-cholesterol < 2.6 mmol/L, and haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) < 7% (for diabetes mellitus) for those individuals with diabetes following stroke

^a For the individuals without diabetes following stroke, only 6,501 had readings available for both blood pressure and LDL

^b For the individuals with diabetes following stroke, only 6,999 individuals had readings available for all three (HbA1c, blood pressure and LDL)

^c Out of the 22,525 individuals with hypertension, only 19,529 had blood pressure readings available

^d Out of the 23,779 individuals with hyperlipidaemia, only 14,714 had LDL readings available

^e Out of the 13,307 individuals with diabetes, only 9,046 had HbA1c readings available. Glycaemic control is determined by the level of HbA1c