Table 3 Odds ratios for speech disturbance, comparing those with and without characteristics listed in the left column of the table

Age (70 or over)

0.88

0.68

0.302

Sex (Female)

0.64

0.49

0.001

Systolic hypertension (140 or over), mmHg

0.81

0.60

0.187

Diastolic hypertension (90 or over), mmHg

1.19

0.91

0.196

Arrhythmia

1.32

0.75

0.335

Hypertension history

0.98

0.75

0.897

Arrhythmia history

1.20

0.71

0.495

Diabetes mellitus history

1.21

0.90

0.202

Hyperlipemia history

0.80

0.59

0.168

Tobacco use

0.76

0.56

0.064

Alcohol use

0.50

0.37

<0.001

Paresis

2.83

2.15

<0.001

Cerebral infarction

<0.001*

Cerebral hemorrhage

0.75

0.55

0.083

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

0.18

0.07

<0.001