Research Article
Life-Long Physical Activity Involvement and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China
Table 1
Characteristic of subjects by gender and case-control status.
| | Variable | Male () | Female () | | Case () | Control () | Case () | Control () |
| | Mean age (SD) years | 69.6 (8.0) | 68.7 (7.0) | 69.1 (9.2) | 69.0 (9.0) | | Mean BMI (SD) kg/m2 | 22.9 (2.7) | 23.1 (3.0) | 21.5 (3.6) | 22.8 (3.6) | | Primary school education: n (%) | 104 (46%) | 88 (35.5%) | 82 (55.4%) | 103 (47.7%) | | Hypertension: n (%) | 119 (52.7%) | 71 (28.6%) | 76 (51.4%) | 60 (27.8%) | | Hyperlipidemia: n (%) | 51 (22.6%) | 23 (9.3%) | 17 (11.5%) | 36 (16.7%) | | Diabetes: n (%) | 48 (21.2%) | 8 (3.2%) | 31 (21%) | 4 (1.9%) | | Alcohol drinker: n (%) | 157 (69.5%) | 147 (59.3%) | 13 (8.8%) | 43 (19.9%) | | Smoker: n (%) | 162 (71.7%) | 139 (56.1%) | 15 (10.1%) | 11 (5.1%) | | Mean smoking (SD) pack-years | 18.5 (22.1) | 17.1 (22.2) | 1.3 (6.8) | 1.0 (5.5) |
| | Life-long physical activity: n (%) | | | | | | never been much involved | 71 (31.4%) | 56 (22.6%) | 60 (40.5%) | 63 (29.2%) | | previously but not any more | 84 (37.2%) | 53 (21.4%) | 39 (26.4%) | 49 (22.7%) | | active just recently | 12 (5.3%) | 15 (6.1%) | 10 (6.8%) | 19 (8.8%) | | intermittently active | 22 (9.7%) | 29 (11.7%) | 6 (4.1%) | 25 (11.6%) | | always been involved | 37 (16.4%) | 95 (38.3%) | 33 (22.3%) | 60 (27.8%) |
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BMI: body mass index.
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