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

Table 2

The comparison of vascular risk factors in three age groups.

	Total (𝑛=1027)	Young adult group (𝑛=98)	Middle-aged group (𝑛=801)	Very old group (𝑛=128)
male	60.5%	69.4%	61.5%	46.9%^#†
Smoking	38.0%	55.1%^*	38.5%	21.9%^#†
Heavy alcohol consumption	19.5%	32.7%^*	20.0%	6.3%^#†
Hypertension	66.2%	70.4%	65.5%	67.2%
Diabetes mellitus	22.2%	15.3%	23.1%	21.9%
Heart diseases	23.0%	7.1%^*	23.2%	33.6%^#†
Atrial fibrillation	5.4%	1.0%	5.2%	9.4%^†
Family history
Hypertension	45.6%	63.3%^*	46.9%	23.4%^# †
Heart diseases	13.1%	18.4%	14.1%	3.1%^#†
Stroke	24.8%	33.7%	25.6%	13.3%^#†

^*𝑃<0.05 versus middle-aged group; ^#𝑃<0.05 versus middle-aged group; ^†𝑃<0.05 versus young adult group.