Age- and Gender-Specific Prevalence of Risk Factors in Patients with First-Ever Ischemic Stroke in China

Table 1

The comparison of demographic characteristics and vascular risk factors between female and male patients.

	Total (𝑛=1027)	Male (𝑛=621)	Female (𝑛=406)
Age (years)	67.5 (57.6–74.7)	65.0 (11.5)	71.1 (60.7–76.8)^*
Smoking	38.0%	59.9%	4.4%^*
Heavy alcohol consumption	19.5%	31.6%	1.0%^*
Hypertension	66.2%	64.3%	69.2%
Diabetes mellitus	22.2%	19.2%	26.8%^*
Heart diseases	23.0%	19.2%	28.8%^*
Atrial fibrillation	5.4%	3.9%	7.6%^*
Family history
Hypertension	45.6%	48.1%	41.6%^*
Heart diseases	13.1%	12.7%	13.8%
Stroke	24.8%	25.8%	23.4%

^*𝑃<0.05.