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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at baseline of patients exposed to Central Nervous System drugs

From: Risk of ischaemic stroke associated with antiepileptic drugs: a population-based case-control study in Catalonia

N, %

Total N = 137,880

Cases N = 12,616

Controls N = 125,264

p-value

Mean age, SD

72.6, 13.2

72.9, 13.2

72.6, 13.2

0.009

Sex, female

60216, 43.7

5486, 43.5

54730, 43.7

0.658

N visits in PHC

Missing values

15165, 11.0

682, 5.4

14483, 11.6

<0.001

<5

27055, 22.0

1860, 15.6

25195, 22.7

<0.001

5-9

33155, 27.0

2460, 20.6

30695, 27.7

 

10-24

46191, 37.6

4837, 40.5

41354, 37.3

≥25

16314, 13.3

2777, 23.3

13537, 12.2

Smoking status

Missing values

18895, 13.7

1294, 10.3

17601, 14.1

<0.001

Current smokers

16172, 13.6

2020, 17.8

14152, 13.1

<0.001

BMI mean, SD

28.9, 4.7

28.8, 4.9

28.9, 4.7

0.273

Missing values

78443, 56.9

6610, 52.4

71833, 57.3

<0.001

Obesity

21708, 36.5

2180, 36.3

19528, 36.5

<0.001

MEDEA

   

<0.001

U

8431, 6.1

1216, 9.6

7215, 5.8

R

25909, 18.8

2343, 18.6

23566, 18.8

U1-U3

58111, 42.1

4955, 39.3

53156, 42.4

U4-U5

45429, 32.9

4102, 32.5

41327, 33.0

GFR

Missing values

56401, 40.9

4186, 33.2

52215, 41.7

<0.001

<30 mL/min/1.73m2

1599, 2.0

311, 3.7

1288, 1.8

<0.001

30-44

5357, 6.6

802, 9.5

4555, 6.2

 

45-59

12751, 15.6

1568, 18.6

11183, 15.3

≥60

61772, 75.8

5749, 68.2

56023, 76.7

Cardiovascular risk, high

14978, 10.9

2511, 19.9

12467, 10.0

<0.001

Comorbidities

Anxiety

12792, 9.3

1177, 9.3

11615, 9.3

0.836

Arthrosis

31921, 23.2

2823, 22.4

29098, 23.2

0.031

Cancer

24479, 17.8

2306, 18.3

22173, 17.7

0.106

COPD

16594, 12.0

1822, 14.4

14772, 11.8

<0.001

Dementia

6903, 5.0

828, 6.6

6075, 4.8

<0.001

Depression

7723, 5.6

853, 6.8

6870, 5.5

<0.001

Diabetes

29158, 21.1

3890, 30.8

25268, 20.2

<0.001

Dyslipidaemia

52057, 37.8

5007, 39.7

47050, 37.6

<0.001

Epilepsy

1050, 0.8

207, 1.6

843, 0.7

<0.001

Fibromyalgia

1266, 0.9

124, 1.0

1142, 0.9

<0.001

Hypertension

73250, 53.1

7626, 60.4

65624, 52.4

<0.001

Ischaemic heart disease

11401, 8.3

1745, 13.8

9656, 7.7

<0.001

Neuropathies

5067, 3.7

575, 4.6

4492, 3.6

<0.001

Peripheral artery disease

3888, 2.8

916, 7.3

2972, 2.4

<0.001

Ulcers

4274, 3.1

444, 3.5

3830, 3.1

0.005

  1. SD standard deviation, PHC primary healthcare, BMI body mass index, MEDEA socioeconomic index, (unknown urban area, U# urban areas), rural area, GFR glomerular filtration rate, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease