| Ischemic stroke patients | Healthy control | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N = 624 | N = 624 |  | ||
Age (years) | 65.6 ± 10.8 | 65.0 ± 10.5 | --- | ||
Gender | |||||
 Female | 212 | (34.0) | 212 | (34.0) | --- |
 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 |