Research Article
Interleukin-16 Polymorphism Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke
Table 1
Characteristics of study subjects.
| | Variables | IS () | Controls () | P value |
| | Age (years, mean ± SD) | 57.2 ± 11.8 | 55.4 ± 11.7 | 0.12 | | Gender (%) | | | | | Male | 122 (61.6) | 155 (65.7) | 0.38 | | Female | 76 (38.4) | 81 (34.3) | | | Hypertension (%) | 119 (60.1) | 22 (9.3) | <0.001 | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 40 (20.2) | 8 (3.4) | <0.001 | | Hypercholesterolemia (%) | 27 (13.6) | 26 (11.0) | 0.41 | | Hypertriglyceridemia (%) | 56 (28.3) | 61 (25.8) | 0.57 |
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IS: ischemia stroke; SD: standard deviation.
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