Research Article
Racial Differences by Ischemic Stroke Subtype: A Comprehensive Diagnostic Approach
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the cohort as a whole and by race.
| | Overall () | Black () | White () | P value |
| | Age (mean) | 63 | 63 | 63 | 0.94 | | Male gender, n (%) | 171 (49) | 109 (42) | 62 (70) | <0.01 | | Hypertension, n (%) | 272 (78) | 213 (82) | 59 (66) | <0.01 | | Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 133 (38) | 108 (41) | 25 (28) | 0.03 | | Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 87 (25) | 60 (23) | 27 (30) | 0.17 | | Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 131 (37) | 94 (36) | 37 (42) | 0.35 | | Tobacco use (current), n (%) | 64 (17) | 43 (16) | 18 (20) | 0.42 |
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