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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Sci. 2021 Jul 9;428:117573. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.117573

Table 4.

Dispersion of factors associated with stroke occurrence across the adult lifespan by stroke types. The bold signifies Composite Population Attributable Risk

Risk factor All strokes
Age <50 years Age 50–64 years Age ≥ 65 years
Adjusted OR (95%CI) PAR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) PAR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) PAR (95% CI)
Educational attainment 1.91 (0.92, 3.93) 44.17 (1.15, 87.19) 1.54 (1.06, 2.23) 30.58 (9.26, 51.91) 1.29 (0.93, 1.80) 15.87 (−2.84, 34.58)
Hypertension 16.75 (9.80, 28.63) 85.36 (81.88, 88.84) 28.93 (15.10, 55.44) 94.31 (91.82, 96.80) 10.88 (6.50, 18.22) 87.69 (83.00, 92.39)
Dyslipidemia 4.13 (2.64, 6.46) 62.20 (52.82, 71.58) 3.95 (2.90, 5.39) 61.71 (55.01, 68.41) 3.50 (2.48, 4.95) 61.88 (53.29, 70.47)
Diabetes mellitus 3.29 (1.76, 6.16) 17.27 (12.16, 22.39) 2.80 (2.09, 3.76) 24.04 (19.48, 28.60) 3.49 (2.56, 4.75) 32.29 (27.52, 37.05)
Cigarette smoking 4.05 (1.00, 16.44) 4.41 (2.19, 6.62) 2.18 (0.87, 5.42) 1.52 (0.24, 2.80) 2.03 (0.75, 5.51) 1.06 (−0.24, 2.36)
Stress 1.70 (1.00, 2.89) 9.95 (2.46, 17.45) 1.90 (1.33, 2.73) 11.01 (6.25, 15.77) 1.09 (0.73, 1.63) 1.29 (−4.51, 7.10)
Cardiac disease 4.36 (1.82, 10.40) 7.24 (5.01, 9.47) 1.24 (0.75, 2.05) 1.66 (−1.97, 5.29) 2.41 (1.47, 3.96) 8.40 (4.92, 11.89)
Alcohol 1.34 (0.81, 2.21) 8.47 (−3.94, 20.89) 1.03 (0.76, 1.40) 1.11 (−9.23, 11.45) 1.06 (0.75, 1.50) 1.66 (−9.21, 12.52)
Meat consumption 1.63 (1.02, 2.61) 31.25 (7.01, 55.49) 1.79 (1.34, 2.40) 32.09 (20.16, 44.01) 2.40 (1.76, 3.26) 42.34 (32.33, 52.35)
Low Vegetable consumption 1.70 (1.04, 2.77) 12.02 (3.25, 20.79) 2.34 (1.70, 3.23) 15.62 (11.32, 19.91) 2.23 (1.60, 3.12) 16.81 (12.02, 21.60)
Depression 1.26 (0.55, 2.89) 1.84 (−3.40, 7.08) 0.70 (0.42, 1.15) −3.72 (−9.96, 2.52) 0.98 (0.52, 1.83) −0.15 (−4.34, 4.04)
Physical inactivity 3.53 (0.92, 13.47) 2.29 (0.87, 3.70) 2.97 (1.12, 7.87) 2.20 (0.82, 3.58) 0.87 (0.49, 1.54) −0.93 (−5.24, 3.37)
Salt intake 1.25 (0.63, 2.50) 1.82 (−2.90, 6.53) 1.65 (1.00, 2.73) 3.10 (0.79, 5.41) 1.13 (0.62, 2.09) 0.66 (−2.32, 3.63)
Composite PAR 85.68 (78.00, 93.61) 94.60 (91.16, 98.04) 94.33 (91.42, 97.24)
Ischemic stroke
Educational attainment 3.05 (1.05, 8.89) 61.98 (24.01, 99.94) 1.99 (1.21, 3.28) 42.66 (19.97, 65.36) 1.22 (0.87, 1.80) 12.47 (−8.40, 33.35)
Hypertension 7.97 (3.95, 16.09) 73.11 (64.59, 81.62) 22.52 (9.36, 54.20) 92.96 (88.53, 97.40) 8.83 (5.01, 15.53) 85.42 (79.19, 91.65)
Dyslipidemia 7.92 (3.85, 16.28) 77.47 (68.40, 86.54) 6.64 (4.17, 10.58) 73.83 (67.50, 80.17) 3.94 (2.59, 5.98) 65.04 (55.61, 74.47)
Diabetes mellitus 5.05 (1.77, 14.40) 20.68 (15.09, 26.27) 3.45 (2.33, 5.10) 29.89 (24.22, 35.55) 3.75 (2.60, 5.41) 35.26 (29.68, 40.84)
Cigarette smoking 1.70 (0.29, 9.98) 1.94 (−2.34, 6.21) 3.30 (0.68, 15.99) 1.66 (0.57, 2.74) 1.23 (0.38, 3.97) 0.34 (−1.50, 2.19)
Stress 1.75 (0.82, 3.73) 12.22 (−0.03, 24.47) 2.03 (1.22, 3.36) 12.38 (5.63, 19.13) 1.06 (0.65, 1.71) 0.85 (−6.48, 8.18)
Cardiac disease 12.77 (2.97, 54.99) 11.52 (9.00, 14.05) 1.08 (0.55, 2.13) 0.76 (−5.78, 7.30) 2.91 (1.65, 5.15) 10.71 (6.81, 14.61)
Alcohol 0.62 (0.27, 1.43) −16.83 (−50.40, 16.74) 0.98 (0.64, 1.51) −0.54 (−14.73, 13.65) 0.99 (0.66, 1.48) −0.31 (−14.46, 13.84)
Meat consumption 1.69 (0.84, 3.41) 31.91 (−4.15, 67.96) 1.86 (1.24, 2.77) 32.82 (17.64, 48.01) 2.23 (1.55, 3.20) 38.38 (26.69, 50.08)
Low Vegetable consumption 1.69 (0.79, 3.63) 10.21 (−3.46, 23.88) 2.47 (1.59, 3.83) 15.36 (10.17, 20.54) 2.17 (1.46, 3.22) 16.24 (10.57, 21.91)
Depression 1.22 (0.35, 4.30) 1.82 (−9.96, 13.59) 0.85 (0.43, 1.71) −1.64 (−8.83, 5.56) 0.94 (0.47, 1.89) −0.46 (−5.84, 4.92)
Physical inactivity 9.03 (0.31, 262.02) 0.69 (0.12, 1.27) 3.75 (1.08, 12.99) 2.62 (1.07, 4.16) 0.90 (0.47, 1.72) −0.76 (−6.25, 4.72)
Salt intake 0.73 (0.26, 2.09) −2.69 (−12.14, 6.75) 1.76 (0.80, 3.90) 3.01 (−0.02, 6.05) 1.11 (0.56, 2.20) 0.55 (−3.12, 4.21)
Composite PAR 83.50 (68.49, 98.51) 94.38 (90.01, 98.76) 93.79 (89.82, 97.76)
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Educational attainment 0.99 (0.30, 3.33) −0.60 (−106.21, 105.02) 0.67 (0.31, 1.44) −44.58 (−139.86, 50.70) 1.25 (0.55, 2.86) 14.93 (−42.76, 72.61)
Hypertensiona 50.39 (15.97, 158.97) 88.79 (85.59, 91.99) 23.26 (9.25, 58.46) 92.52 (87.98, 97.06) 5.95 (2.08, 16.99) 75.37 (58.40, 92.33)
Dyslipidemia 2.82 (1.30, 6.13) 50.39 (28.50, 72.27) 2.78 (1.58, 4.88) 51.26 (35.34, 66.67) 2.22 (0.91, 5.41) 45.49 (13.60, 77.37)
Diabetes mellitus 2.46 (0.90, 6.71) 13.73 (3.49, 23.97) 2.25 (1.30, 3.91) 16.25 (8.28, 24.23) 1.72 (0.82, 3.61) 12.19 (−0.97, 25.35)
Cigarette smoking 104.61 (5.71, 1915.12) 7.77 (6.10, 9.44) 1.04 (0.27, 3.91) 0.13 (−3.99, 4.25) 5.17 (0.48, 56.08) 3.45 (0.14, 6.75)
Stress 0.79 (0.32, 1.95) −5.32 (−26.64, 16.00) 2.95 (1.54, 5.65) 16.26 (10.42, 22.10) 0.93 (0.37, 2.36) −0.93 (−12.54, 10.69)
Cardiac disease 0.79 (0.17, 3.73) −1.58 (−12.41, 9.25) 1.79 (0.65, 4.91) 2.78 (−1.29, 6.86) 1.25 (0.33, 4.75) 1.69 (−6.20, 9.57)
Alcohol 3.39 (1.42, 8.08) 30.13 (17.18, 43.09) 1.27 (0.76, 2.11) 9.51 (−8.33, 27.35) 1.77 (0.73, 4.27) 14.09 (−2.64, 30.81)
Meat consumption 2.57 (1.18, 5.61) 49.10 (26.05, 72.15) 1.75 (1.06, 2.91) 30.28 (7.89, 52.67) 2.09 (1.02, 4.31) 38.84 (12.73, 64.95)
Low Vegetable consumption 1.96 (0.80, 4.80) 15.91 (2.11, 29.70) 2.81 (1.50, 5.25) 19.24 (10.79, 27.69) 2.94 (1.26, 6.85) 23.11 (11.75, 34.46)
Depression 2.22 (0.45, 11.12) 4.53 (−2.70, 11.76) 0.80 (0.35, 1.83) −2.43 (−12.63, 7.77) 1.13 (0.16, 8.08) 0.39 (−5.52, 6.30)
Physical inactivity 1.10 (0.23, 5.31) 0.40 (−5.71, 6.51) 0.72 (0.12, 4.24) −1.29 (−8.64, 6.05) 0.70 (0.08, 5.82) −0.75 (−6.20, 4.70)
Salt intake 3.72 (1.10, 12.58) 7.46 (3.52, 11.40) 2.58 (1.10, 6.03) 6.72 (3.14, 10.29) 1.71 (0.31, 9.39) 3.20 (−1.74, 8.14)
Composite PAR 86.07 (73.32, 98.82) 90.06 (80.95, 99.17) 78.53 (59.62, 97.44)
a

Hypertension was defined as previous diagnosis by a healthcare professional or use of hypertension medication or systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or a combination of these.