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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Prescription of secondary preventive drugs after ischemic stroke: results from the Malaysian National Stroke Registry

Characteristics

Patients Included (N = 5292)

n (%)

Age category (years)

< =50

855 (16)

51–60

1413 (27)

61–70

1544 (29)

> 70

1480 (28)

Sex

Men

2913 (55)

Women

2379 (45)

Ethnic group

Malay

4392 (83)

Non-Malay

900 (17)

Education level

Nil

936 (18)

Primary

2455 (46)

Secondary

1685 (32)

Tertiary

216 (4)

Co-morbidities prior to admission

Hypertension

3798 (72)

Diabetes mellitus

2462 (47)

Dyslipidemia

1665 (32)

Atrial fibrillationa

346 (7)

Ischemic heart disease

686 (13)

Previous stroke/TIAb events

1166 (22)

Life-style factors

Smoking

 

Never smoked

2634 (50)

Previous smoker (quit >30 days)

1024 (19)

Current smoker

1634 (31)

Obesity

343 (7)

Drug use prior to admission

Antiplatelet

1283 (24)

Anticoagulants

96 (2)

Antihypertensive drugs

2117 (40)

Lipid-lowering drugs

1490 (28)

Disability scale at discharge (mRSb)

< 3

2028 (38)

> =3

3264 (62)

  1. aincludes patients with documented history of atrial fibrillation and patients with electrocardiogram showing atrial fibrillation during admission for ischemic stroke
  2. bTIA = transient ischemic attack; mRS = Modified Rankin Scale