Clinical Study
Comparison between Ischemic Stroke Patients <50 Years and ≥50 Years Admitted to a Single Centre: The Bergen Stroke Study
Table 1
Demography of young and old patients with cerebral infarction, based on patient history recorded on admission.
| | Young patients () | Old patients () | P |
| | Age (mean) | 40.8 (SD 7.6) | 73.4 (SD 11.8) | | | Females | 28 (28.0) | 494 (44.2) | .002 | | Males | 72 (72.0) | 623 (55.8) | | | Married | 62 (62.6) | 631 (57.8) | .40 | | Employed | 81 (85.3) | 236 (22.0) | <.001 | | Prior cerebral infarction | 4 (4.0) | 179 (16.2) | <.001 | | Myocardial infarction | 4 (4.0) | 155 (13.9) | .003 | | Angina pectoris | 4 (4.0) | 160 (14.4) | .002 | | Mechanic aortic valve | 5 (5.0) | 21 (1.9) | .05 | | Peripheral artery disease | 3 (3.0) | 89 (8.1) | .08 | | Hypertension | 27 (27.0) | 598 (53.8) | <.001 | | Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation | 2 (2.0) | 104 (9.4) | .009 | | Chronic atrial fibrillation | 0 (0.0) | 105 (9.46) | <.001 | | Diabetes mellitus | 10 (10.0) | 163 (14.8) | .23 | | Migraine | 14 (17.7) | 149 (19.4) | .88 | | Prior depression | 15 (18.3) | 185 (22.8) | .41 | | Current smoking | 41 (44.1) | 249 (23.6) | <.001 | | Never smoking | 38 (40.9) | 439 (41.6) | | | Quitted smoking | 14 (15.1) | 368 (34.9) | |
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Data are expressed as mean or n (%). SD: standard deviation.
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