Gender Differences and Risk Factors of Recurrent Stroke in Type 2 Diabetic Malaysian Population with History of Stroke: The Observation from Malaysian National Neurology Registry
Table 1
Characteristic of female and male diabetic patients presented as the number of subjects in each category ().
Variables
Female ()
Male ()
%
%
WHO classification
Intracerebral hemorrhage
265
11.6
300
12.8
Ischemic stroke
1924
84.4
1962
83.8
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
7
0.3
5
0.2
Transient ischemic attack
63
2.8
56
2.4
Unclassified
20
0.9
19
0.8
Age (years)
<65
1237
54.3
1420
60.6
≥65
1043
45.7
919
39.3
Ethnicity
Malay
558
24.5
533
22.8
Chinese
69
3.0
74
3.2
Indian
48
2.1
36
1.5
Others
1605
70.4
1699
72.5
Education
Informal
988
43.3
795
33.9
Formal
1292
56.7
1547
66.1
Marital status
Single
36
1.6
52
2.2
Married
1982
86.9
2061
88.0
Divorced
14
0.6
17
0.7
Widowed
96
4.2
18
0.8
Unknown
152
6.7
194
8.3
Smoker
856
37.5
1513
64.6
Duration of diabetes (years)
>1
155
6.8
172
7.3
1-5
861
37.8
885
37.8
6-10
365
16.0
323
13.8
>10
377
16.5
319
13.6
Unknown
522
22.9
643
27.5
BMI
Normal
423
18.6
365
15.6
Overweight
601
26.4
599
25.6
Obese
1192
52.3
1293
55.2
Underweight
52
2.3
58
2.5
Hypertension
2063
90.5
1993
85.1
IHD
235
10.3
395
16.9
Hyperlipidemia
753
33.0
637
27.2
Atrial fibrillation
68
3.0
72
3.1
Death
208
9.1
285
12.2
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; IHD = ischemic heart disease; WHO = World Health Organization.
