Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke

Table 1

Stroke risk factors and their distribution by sex. Abbreviations: ischemic heart disease: IHD.

Risk factor	Number (percentage)	Gender
		Male	Female
Hypertension	112 (78.87%)	55 (72.36%)	57 (86.36%)
Diabetes mellitus	86 (60.56%)	45 (59.21%)	41 (62.12%)
IHD	42 (29.47%)	32 (42.1%)	10 (15.15%)
Hyperlipidemia	53 (37.32%)	29 (38.15%)	24 (36.36%)
Smoking	35 (24.64%)	29 (38.15%)	6 (9.09%)
Atrial fibrillation	20 (14.08%)	7 (9.21%)	13 (19.69%)
Heart failure	20 (14.08%)	10 (13.15%)	10 (15.15%)