Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

	Ischemic Stroke (n = 163)	Non-stroke controls (n = 163)	p
Age	69 (58–78) years	68 (61–73) years	0.444
Female gender	80 (49%)	81 (50%)	0.912
Hypertension	123 (76%)	99 (61%)	0.004
Diabetes Mellitus	60 (37%)	37 (23%)	0.005
Coronary artery disease	53 (33%)	42 (26%)	0.180
Hyperlipidemia	93 (57%)	82 (50%)	0.222
Active smoking	35 (22%)	45 (28%)	0.198