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Table 1 Patient and control characteristics

From: Risk factors and their impact on carotid intima-media thickness in young and middle-aged ischemic stroke patients and controls: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study

  

All

15-44 y

45-60 y

Females

Males

Age (p)

Sex (p)

Patients

N

150(100)*

45(30)*

105(70)*

49(32.7)*

101(67.3)*

  

Age (mean)

150

48.5

35.8

54.0

46.3

49.6

<0.001

0.075

Prior stroke

150

13(8.7)

1(2.2)

12(11.4)

6(12.2)

7(6.9)

0.017

0.325

CHD

150

15(10.0)

1(2.2)

14(13.3)

4(8.2)

11(10.9)

0.006

0.589

PAD

150

8(5.3)

1(2.2)

7(6.7)

2(4.1)

6(5.9)

0.181

0.617

Family CVD

150

78(52.0)

9(20.0)

69(65.7)

29(59.2)

49(48.5)

<0.001

0.222

Diabetes

150

16(10.7)

2(4.4)

14(13.3)

7(14.3)

9(8.9)

0.053

0.357

Hypertension

150

101(67.3)

23(51.1)

78(74.3)

30(61.2)

71(70.3)

0.009

0.282

Dyslipidemia

150

114(76.0)

27(60.0)

87(82.9)

36(73.5)

78(77.2)

0.007

0.623

Smoking

150

104(69.3)

23(51.1)

81(77.1)

28(57.1)

76(75.2)

0.003

0.033

BMI > 25

144

99(68.8)

28(62.2)

71(67.6)

30(61.2)

69(68.3)

0.941

0.542

Alcohol

141

       

 None

 

9(6.4)

5(11.1)

4(3.8)

4(8.2)

5(5.0)

0.173

0.476

 Low

 

119(84.4)

37(82.2)

82(78.1)

41(83.7)

78(77.2)

0.947

0.252

 High

 

13(9.2)

2(4.4)

11(10.5)

1(2.0)

12(11.9)

0.137

0.011

Controls

N

84(100)*

21(25)*

63(75)*

63(75)*

21(25)*

  

Age (mean)

84

49.3

36.6

53.5

48.8

50.6

<0.001

0.453

Family CVD

84

49(58.3)

9(42.9)

40(63.5)

35(55.6)

14(66.7)

0.112

0.372

Diabetes

84

9(10.7)

1(4.8)

8(12.7)

5(7.9)

4(19.0)

0.218

0.249

Hypertension

84

16(19.0)

3(14.3)

13(20.6)

7(11.1)

9(42.9)

0.502

0.012

Dyslipidemia

84

12(14.3)

1(4.8)

11(17.5)

8(12.7)

4(19.0)

0.066

0.52

Smoking

84

57(67.9)

12(57.1)

45(71.4)

40(63.5)

17(81.0)

0.26

0.11

BMI > 25

80

45(56.3)

11(52.4)

34(54.0)

31(49.2)

14(66.7)

0.872

0.147

Alcohol

81

       

 None

 

4(4.9)

0(0.0)

4(6.3)

3(4.8)

1(4.8)

0.045

0.989

 Low

 

74(91.4)

20(95.2)

54(85.7)

56(88.9)

18(85.7)

0.399

0.817

 High

 

3(3.7)

1(4.8)

2(3.2)

2(3.2)

1(4.8)

0.79

0.757

  1. Data presented as number (percentage) or mean. *Percentage of total population. y = years; CHD = Coronary heart disease; PAD = Peripheral artery disease; CVD = Cardiovascular disease; BMI = Body mass index.