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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the study population

From: Lack of association between right-to-left shunt and cerebral ischemia after adjustment for gender and age

 

Overall Study Population (n = 763)

Male Patients (n = 494)

Female Patients (n = 269)

Age, y, mean (SD)

58.2 (14.7)

59.8 (13.7)

55.2 (16.0)

Hypertension, n (%)

462 (61)

323 (65)

139 (52)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

126 (17)

99 (20)

27 (10)

Smoker (current/former), n (%)

365 (48)

265 (54)

100 (37)

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

321 (42)

222 (45)

99 (37)

Stroke subtypes

   

   Atherothrombotic, n (%)

109 (14)

80 (16)

29 (11)

   Cardioembolic, n (%)

160 (21)

109 (22)

51 (19)

   Lacunar, n (%)

191 (25)

133 (27)

58 (22)

   Other, n (%)

55 (7)

27 (5)

28 (10)

   Unknown, n (%)

248 (33)

145 (29)

103 (38)

Symptoms = 24 hours, n (%)

276 (36)

164 (33)

112 (42)

Previous stroke or transient ischemic attack, n (%)

136 (18)

89 (18)

47 (18)

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

94 (12)

67 (14)

27 (10)

History of myocardial infarction, n (%)

62 (8)

52 (11)

10 (4)

Migraine, n(%)

36 (5)

7 (1)

29 (11)