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Table 1 Demographic data of the 257 patients included in the Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS) in Bergen, Norway 2010-2014

From: Stroke patients’ knowledge about cardiovascular family history - the Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS)

Variables

Total N = 257

Males N = 175 (68.1%)

Females N = 82 (31.9%)

P

Age in years, mean (SD)

49.5 (9.3)

50.4 (8.5)

47.6 (10.6)

0.057

Education

   

0.547

Basic school, n (%)

60 (23.5)

43 (24.7)

17 (21.0)

 

High school, n (%)

91 (35.7)

64 (36.8)

27 (33.3)

 

College/University, n (%)

104 (40.8)

67 (38.5)

37 (45.7)

 

N of siblings, mean (SD)

2.5 (1.7)

2.6 (1.9)

2.2 (1.3)

0.116

N of children, mean (SD)

2.0 (1.3)

2.0 (1.4)

1.8 (1.2)

0.311

Deceased fathers, n (%)

149* (58.7)

103 (59.9)

46 (56.1)

0.756

Deceased mothers, n (%)

92 (36.4)

60 (35.1)

32 (39.0)

0.542

First-degree FH of stroke, n (%)

87 (33.9)

55 (31.4)

32 (39.0)

0.230

First-degree FH of CAD, n (%)

105 (41.0)

67 (38.3)

38 (46.9)

0.192

First-degree FH of PAD, n (%)

16 (6.2)

11 (6.3)

5 (6.1)

0.954

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, FH family history, First-degree FH family history in parents, siblings or offspring, CAD coronary artery disease, PAD peripheral artery disease, P p-value of comparison between males and females.
  2. *N = 254 due to missing data in 5 of patients’ fathers. N = 252 due to missing data in 4 of patients’ mothers.