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Table 1 Premorbid cardiovascular risk factors and medications in patients with first ever ischemic stroke, primary intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage, Joinville 2009-2010

From: Three-year survival and recurrence after first-ever stroke: the Joinville stroke registry

 

IS (n = 336)

PIH (n = 43)

SAH (n = 28)

Baseline characteristics

Men

189 (56%)

19 (44%)

14 (50%)

Age, in years, mean (SD)

63 (16)

62 (16)

60 (13)

Premorbid medication

Antiplatelet agent

102 (30%)

5 (12%)

3 (11%)

Anticoagulant

12 (4%)

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

Lipid lowering agent

59 (18%)

5 (12%)

6 (21%)

Premorbid risk factor

Total cholesterol

Mean baseline (mg/dl)

191 (46)

184 (30)

196 (57)

Proportion ≥ 6 mmol/L

45 (16%) [1]

2 (8%) [2]

2 (33%) [3]

Systolic blood pressure

Mean (SD)

144 (27)

166 (36)

142 (25)

Proportion ≥ 150 mmHg

106 (39%) [4]

14 (56%) [5]

7 (32%) [6]

Proportion ≥ 160 mmHg

80 (29%)

9 (36%)

3 (14%)

Diastolic blood pressure

Mean (SD)

87 (16)

95 (21)

88 (14)

Proportion ≥ 90 mmHg

69 (26%) [7]

10 (44%) [8]

6 (29%) [9]

Proportion ≥ 100 mmHg

30 (11%)

7 (30%)

1 (5%)

Smoking

   

Current

67 (20%)

9 (21%)

12 (43%)

Ex

102 (30%)

14 (32%)

4 (14%)

Never

168 (50%)

20 (47%)

9 (32%)

Diabetes

78 (23%)

5 (12%)

2 (8%)

Atrial fibrillation

38 (11%)

5 (12%)

0 (0%)

Myocardial infarction

32 (9%)

2 (5%)

1 (4%)

  1. IS: ischemic stroke; PIH: primary intracerebral hemorrhage; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; Total cholesterol data were available in: [1] (286); [2] (26) [3] (6); Systolic blood pressure in: [4] (272) [5], (25) [6], (22); Diastolic blood pressure in: [7] (269) [8], (23) [9], (21).