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Table 2 Risk factors of stroke

From: “Addressing the impact of stroke risk factors in a case control study in tertiary care hospitals”: a case control study in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Peshawar, Khyber Phukhtoonkhwa (KPK) Pakistan

Variable

Cases (n = 50)

Controls (n = 100)

P-value

Odd ratio

Relative risk

Exercise

18 (36%)

67 (67%)

.000

3.60

2.32

No Exercise

32 (64%)

33 (33%)

   

Smoker

24 (48%)

31 (31%)

.042

2.05

1.5

Nonsmokers

26 (52%)

69 (69%)

   

Balanced diet

23 (46%)

47 (47%)

.908

1.04

 

Fatty diet

27 (54%)

53 (53%)

   

Diabetic

24 (48%)

27 (27%)

0.10

2.49

1.7

Non diabetic

26 (52%)

73 (73%)

   

Hypertensive

39 (78%)

46 (46%)

.000

4.16

2.7

Non Hypertensive

11 (22%)

54 (54%)

.705

1.15

 

Stress

16 (32%)

29 (29%)

   

Normal/Non Stress

34 (68%)

71 (71%)

   

B.M.I

     

Obese

21 (42%)

31 (31%)

.393

1.71

 

Overweight

14 (28%)

31 (31%)

   

Normal weight

15 (30%)

38 (38%)

   

Family history of stroke

26 (52%)

49 (49%)

.729

1.12

 

No family history of stroke

24 (48%)

51 (51%)

   

Cardiac Problem

18 (36%)

17 (17%)

.009

2.74

1.8

No cardiac problem

32 (64%)

83 (83%)