Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with and without exposure to Influenza-Like-Illness in 365-days prior to cardiovascular event

	Ischemic Stroke (n = 33,742)		Myocardial Infarction (n = 53,094)
	Cases with exposure to ILI (n = 2009)	Cases without ILI (n = 31,733)	Cases with exposure to ILI (n = 3773)	Cases without ILI (n = 49,321)
Age (years)	65.6	72.2	66.9	71.3
Standard deviation (range)	16.4 (18–101)	14.6 (18–104)	15.3 (18–109)	14.4 (18–111)
Women, N (%)	1037 (51.6%)	16,213 (51.1%)	1714 (45.4%)	21,372 (43.3%)
Race, N (%)
White	910 (45.6%)	19,675 (62.3%)	2064 (54.9%)	34,243 (69.7%)
Black	1099 (54.7%)	12,058 (37.7%)	1709 (45.3%)	15,078 (30.3%)
Residential Geography, N (%)
Urban	1795 (89.4%)	28,287 (89.1%)	3214 (85.2%)	42,736 (86.7%)
Rural	214 (10.6%)	3446 (10.9%)	559 (14.8%)	6585 (13.3%)