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Table 2 Patients’ demographics and cardiovascular risk factors

From: Aortic atheroma as a source of stroke – assessment of embolization risk using 3D CMR in stroke patients and controls

Characteristics of patients

Stroke patients n = 40

Controls n = 60

p-value

Age, years (±SD)

68.7 (±9.7)

68.2 (±9.1)

0.78

Female, n (%)

27 (67.5)

39 (65.0)

0.80

Hypertension, n (%)

26 (65.0)

43 (71.7)

0.48

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

20 (50.0)

21 (35.0)

0.14

Diabetes, n (%)

8 (20.0)

7 (11.7)

0.25

Smokers, n (%)

13 (32.5)

21 (35.0)

0.80

BMI, 1 (±SD)

27.1 (4.2)

26.5 (3.7)

0.44

Previous stroke/TIA, n (%)

12 (30.0)

0 (0.0)

-

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

6 (15.0)

8 (35.0)

0.81

Peripheral arterial disease, n (%)

2 (5.0)

1 (1.7)

0.34

Mean systolic BP, mmHg (±SD)

140.0 (±15.7)

138.2 (±13.8)

0.54

Mean diastolic BP, mmHg (±SD)

76.8 (±9.8)

79.2 (±9.3)

0.22

Heart rate, bpm (±SD)

64.2 (±10.3)

64.9 (±10.7)

0.74

  1. TIA transient ischemic attack, BP blood pressure SD standard deviation