Table 1 Characteristics of patients with acute ischemic stroke and healthy controls

Numbers

277

536

Sex

< 0.0001*

 Male

153 (256)

234

 Female

103 (256)

302

 Han Ethnicities

277

536

Smoking status

< 0.0001*

 Smokers

70 (202)

128

 Non-smokers

110 (202)

395

 Quit smokers

22 (202)

13

Drinking status

0.46

 Drinker

76 (232)

160 (532)

 Non-drinker

156 (232)

372 (532)

Diabetes

45 (232)

14 (535)

< 0.0001*

Hypertension

168 (233)

204 (533)

< 0.0001*

P value^b

Age (year)

65.8 ± 11.5

58.1 ± 9.8

< 0.0001*

 Systolic pressure (mmhg)

142.51 ± 18.6 (247)

133.12 ± 11.49

< 0.0001*

 Diastolic pressure (mmhg)

85.4 ± 12.15 (247)

79.19 ± 10.88

< 0.0001*

 Blood glucose (mmol/L)

6.64 ± 3.45 (238)

5.31 ± 2.14

< 0.0001*

 Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.43 ± 1.24 (238)

4.64 ± 1.18

0.02*

 Lipoprotein (low) (mmol/L)

2.41 ± 0.89 (238)

2.55 ± 0.95

0.05

 Lipoprotein (high) (mmol/L)

1.09 ± 0.32 (238)

1.17 ± 0.35

0.007*

 Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.66 ± 0.9 (238)

1.68 ± 1.02

0.74