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Table 1 Classical factors associated with new vascular events at one-year follow-up

From: The ARTICO study: identification of patients at high risk of vascular recurrence after a first non-cardioembolic stroke

 

Primary end-point

 

Yes (n = 78)

No (n = 485)

p

Male, %

77.6

67.0

0.15

Age

72.6 (8.4)

71.1 (7.2)

0.31

Weight

78.8 (14.3)

74.8 (12.1)

0.01

Height

165.4 (7.5)

164.0 (8.0)

0.17

Body mass index

28.8 (4.7)

27.8 (4.3)

0.09

Waist circumference

101.0 (14.9)

100.1 (12.9)

0.22

Systolic blood pressure

162.4 (25.4)

152.4 (26.5)

0.06

Diastolic blood pressure

85.2 (13.3)

82.3 (13.5)

0.10

Familiar history of cardiovascular disease

   

  Stroke, %

23.1

18.1

0.52

  Ischaemic CHD, %

11.5

16.3

0.31

  Sudden death, %

5.1

3.3

0.50

Personal history

   

  Alcohol intake, % (>40gr/day)

10.4

5.0

0.07

  Active smoker, %

18.4

18.1

0.81

  Arterial hypertension, %

72.4

71.6

0.87

  Diabetes mellitus, %

51.3

32.2

0.002

  Dyslipidaemia, %

51.9

43.9

0.22

  Ischaemic CHD, %

16.9

11.4

0.18

  Symptomatic PAD, %

18.2

7.6

0.005

Treatment before index stroke

   

  Antiplatelet agents, %

29.5

24.7

0.39

  Statins, %

33.3

26.8

0.49

  Antihypertensive, %

61.5

60.4

0.62

  Hypoglycaemics, %

41.0

25.4

0.01

Treatment at discharge

   

  Antiplatelet agents

100

99.3

0.46

  Statins

70.0

71.8

0.84

  Antihypertensive drugs

75.6

72.8

0.65

  Hypoglycaemics

42.8

31.5

0.05

Stroke subtype

  

0.07

  Atherothrombotic

   

  Probable

25.0

15.7

 

  Possible

46.1

43.0

 

  Small vessel disease

18.4

21.0

 

  Cryptogenic

10.5

20.3

 

mRankin <2 at discharge

41.0

57.9

0.08

mRankin ≤2 at 1 year

39.0

70.3

<0.0001

  1. CHD: cardiac heart disease. PAD: peripheral artery disease.
  2. P-value (log-rank test).