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Table 5 Comparison of risk factors for young adult stroke between PHOTAR and PUFH patients

From: Characteristics of acute ischemic stroke in hospitalized patients in Tibet: a retrospective comparative study

 

PHOTAR (n = 41)

PUFH (n = 57)

P-Value

Hypertension, n (%)

15 (36.6)

40 (70.2)

0.002

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

5 (12.2)

22 (47.8)

0.001

Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)

17 (41.5)

37 (64.9)

0.036

Smoking history, n (%)

16 (39.0)

30 (52.6)

0.260

Alcohol history, n (%)

16 (39.0)

32 (56.1)

0.142

Stroke history, n (%)

1 (2.4)

10 (17.5)

0.023

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

0

0

None

Erythrocytosis, n (%)

12 (29.3)

0 (0)

< 0.001

Hyperhomocysteinemia, n (%)

19 (46.3)

22 (46.8)

1.000

Severity of carotid artery atherosclerosis

  

0.001

Normal, n (%)

29 (70.7)

16 (32,0)

 

Intima thickening, n (%)

0 (0)

6 (12.0)

 

Plaque, n (%)

8 (19.5)

25 (50.0)

 

Arteriostenosis, n (%)

2 (4.9)

2 (4.0)

 

Arterial occlusion, n (%)

2 (4.9)

1 (6.0)

 
  1. PHOTAR People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region, PUFH Peking University First Hospital