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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Associations of estradiol levels and genetic polymorphisms of inflammatory genes with the risk of ischemic stroke

 

Ischemic stroke patients

Healthy control

p value

 

N = 624

N = 624

 

Age (years)

65.6 ± 10.8

65.0 ± 10.5

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Gender

 Female

212

(34.0)

212

(34.0)

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 Male

412

(66.0)

412

(66.0)

 

Body-mass index (kg/m2)

25.0 ± 3.9

24.6 ± 3.1

0.0212

Waist-hip ratio

0.94 ± 0.08

0.87 ± 0.07

<0.0001

Cigarette smoking/alcohol consumption

 Never/Never

296

(47.6)

408

(65.8)

<0.0001

 Either one

203

(32.6)

177

(28.6)

 

 Ever/Ever

123

(19.8)

35

(5.7)

 

Hypertension

482

(77.2)

371

(59.5)

<0.0001

Diabetes mellitus

300

(48.1)

105

(16.8)

<0.0001

Heart disease

163

(26.1)

109

(17.5)

0.0002

Dyslipidemia

476

(76.5)

504

(80.8)

0.0677

Family stroke history

149

(23.9)

97

(15.5)

0.0008

Estradiol levela

 Female

155

2.90 (0.97)

128

1.68 (1.36)

<0.0001

 Male

358

3.18 (0.54)

255

2.97 (0.57)

<0.0001

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. aEstradiol level was shown in log transformed value