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Table 3 Comparing knowledge on type of cardiovascular disease in patients replying ‘Yes’ a family member suffered from stroke, heart disease and/or peripheral artery disease

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

 

Siblings *

Mothers

Fathers

Mothers’ mothers

Mothers’ fathers

Fathers’ mothers

Fathers’ fathers

Stroke

N = 8

N = 46

N = 48

N = 30

N = 16

N = 20

N = 18

TIA (%)

0 (0.0)

9 (19.6)

8 (16.7)

4 (13.3)

3 (18.8)

2 (10.0)

0 (0.0)

Cerebral infarction (%)

3 (37.5)

12 (26.1)

11 (22.9)

2 (6.7)

4 (25)

2 (10.0)

2 (11.1)

Cerebral bleeding (%)

1 (12.5)

7 (15.2)

5 (10.4)

1 (3.3)

2 (12.5)

1 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

Don’t know (%)

4 (50)

18 (39.1)

24 (50)

23 (76.7)

7 (43.8)

15 (75.0)

16 (88.9)

Heart disease

N = 36

N = 55

N = 101

N = 35

N = 47

N = 21

N = 34

Angina pectoris (%)

5 (13.9)

12 (21.8)

9 (8.9)

8 (22.9)

4 (8.5)

4 (19.1)

3 (8.8)

Myocardial infarction (%)

15 (41.7)

16 (29.1)

48 (47.5)

8 (22.9)

24 (51.1)

8 (38.1)

16 (47.1)

Non-CAD (%)

12 (33.3)

21 (39.6)

25 (24.8)

7 (20)

3 (6.4)

2 (9.5)

2 (5.9)

Don’t know (%)

4 (11.1)

6 (10.9)

19 (18.8)

12 (34.3)

16 (34.0)

7 (33.3)

13 (38.2)

PAD

N = 5

N = 9

N = 15

N = 1

N = 3

N = 5

N = 4

Conservative (%)

2 (40.0)

3 (33.3)

2 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

Revascularization surgery (%)

2 (40.0)

1 (11.1)

5 (33.3)

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Amputation (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

3 (100)

2 (40.0)

1 (25.0)

Don’t know (%)

1 (20.0)

5 (55.6)

6 (40)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (40.0)

3 (75.0)

  1. From the 257 patients included in the Stroke in Young Study (NOR-SYS) in Bergen, Norway 2010-2014.
  2. Abbreviations: TIA transient ischemic attack, Non-CAD non-coronary heart disease, included heart failure, rhythm and/or valve problems.
  3. *N = 242, 242 patients had one or more siblings.
  4. One answer regarding type of disease was missing and was imputed as don’t know.