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Table 3 Comparison of risk factors between recurrent stroke patients and first-ever stroke patients

From: The number of risk factors increases the recurrence events in ischemic stroke

Variable

Group

P value

Recurrent stroke

First-ever stroke

N = 128

N = 172

Hipertension

0.078

 Yes

119 (93.0%)

149 (86.6%)

 

 No

9 (7.0%)

23 (13.4%)

 

DM

0.590

 Yes

30 (23.4%)

45 (26.2%)

 

 No

98 (76.6%)

127 (73.8%)

 

Dyslipidemia

0.965

 Yes

74 (57.8%)

99 (57.6%)

 

 No

54 (42.2%)

73 (42.4%)

 

Smoking

0.711

 Yes

26 (20.3%)

32 (18.6%)

 

 No

102 (79.7%)

140 (81.4%)

 

Hyperuricemia

0.062

 Yes

8 (6.3%)

22 (12.8%)

 

 No

120 (93.8%)

150 (87.2%)

 

Age

 

 ≥60 years

55 (43.0%)

53 (30.8%)

0.030a

  <60 years

73 (57.0%)

119 (69.2%)

 

Number of risk factors

0.0001b

 Median

3.00

2.00

 

 Range (min–max)

2.00–6.00

1.00–4.00

 

Risk factors

0.0001b

 1

0 (0.0%)

32 (18.6%)

 

 2

19 (14.8%)

69 (40.1%)

 

 3

52 (40.6%)

54 (31.4%)

 

 4

40 (31.3%)

17 (9.9%)

 

 ≥5

17 (13.3%)

0 (0.0%)

 
  1. aChi-square test
  2. bMann–Whitney test
  3. Significance at P < 0.05