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

Table 3

The comparison of vascular risk factors between male and female patients in each age group.

	<50 years		50–80 years		>80 years
	Male (𝑛=68)	Female (𝑛=30)	Male (𝑛=493)	Female (𝑛=308)	Male (𝑛=60)	Female (𝑛=68)
Smoking history	77.9%	3.3%^*	60.0%	3.9%^*	38.3%	7.4%^*
Heavy alcohol consumption	44.1%	6.7%^*	32.0%	0.6%^*	13.3%	0%^*
Hypertension	67.6%	76.7%	62.5%	70.5%	75.0%	60.3%
Diabetes mellitus	14.7%	16.7%	19.7%	28.6%^*	20.0%	23.5%
Heart diseases	2.9%	16.7%^*	19.5%	29.2%^*	35.0%	32.4%
Atrial fibrillation	1.5%	0%	3.9%	7.5%^*	6.7%	11.8%
Family history
Hypertension	60.3%	70.0%	49.3%	43.2%	25.0%	22.1%
Heart diseases	13.2%	30.0%	13.8%	14.6%	3.3%	2.9%
Stroke	32.4%	36.7%	26.2%	24.7%	15.0%	11.8%

^*𝑃<0.05.