A Potential Epigenetic Marker Mediating Serum Folate and Vitamin B₁₂ Levels Contributes to the Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of study subjects.

Parameters	CpG A		CpG B
	Controls ()	Cases ()	Controls ()	Cases ()
Age (years)	52.74 ± 7.69	52.62 ± 8.83	51.12 ± 7.29	52.08 ± 8.21
Gender (male : female)	1.16	1.83	0.96	1.48
Waist to stature	0.52 ± 0.93	0.60 ± 1.36	0.51 ± 0.11	0.52 ± 0.11
Diabetes (%)	29.09	54.88^**	24.49	65.10^**
Hypertension (%)	9.09	76.77^**	4.08	86.58^**
Hypercholesterolemia (%)	9.09	71.38^**	6.12	71.14^**
Heart diseases (%)	11.82	23.91^*	2.04	20.13^*
Smoking (%)	29.09	43.43^**	24.49	43.62^*
Coffee drinking (%)	51.82	67.34^*	44.90	64.43^*
Tea drinking (%)	59.09	82.15^**	63.27	85.91^*

Values are the mean ± standard deviation from -test for continuous variables and test for categorical variables. * and ** denote and , respectively.