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Table 1 Demographic data of the study participants

From: Lack of association between a functional variant of the BRCA-1 related associated protein (BRAP) gene and ischemic stroke

 

Cases

Controls (All = 1936)

Mean ± SD or%

All stroke cases (N=1074)

Age- and sex-comparable (N= 1106)

Plaque-free (N = 1283)

Plaque-prone (N = 653)

Age (yr)

63.1 ± 11.5

62.3 ± 8.9

52.9 ± 10.1*

59.6 ± 9.8*

Male

703 (65.5%)

715 (64.6%)

476 (37.1%)*

315 (48.2%)*

Hypertension

727 (76.3%)

475 (43.1%)*

337 (26.3%)*

275 (42.2%)*

Diabetes

445 (46.7%)

176 (16.0%)*

102 (8.0%)*

109 (16.7%)*

Hypercholesterolemia

469 (43.7%)

648 (58.6%)*

722 (56.3%)*

426 (65.3%)*

Current or former smoker

460 (43.0%)

266 (24.4%)*

209 (16.4%)*

148 (22.9%)*

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.9 ± 1.1

5.2 ± 1.0 *

5.2 ± 0.9 *

5.3 ± 1.1*

HDL- Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.1 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3*

1.5 ± 0.4*

1.4 ± 0.4*

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.8 ± 1.7

1.5 ± 0.9*

1.4 ± 0.9*

1.5 ± 0.9*

Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L)

7.5 ± 3.7

5.7 ± 1.5*

5.5 ± 1.2*

5.8 ± 1.7*

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.4 ± 3.8

24.8 ± 3.3*

24.4 ± 3.6*

24.7 ± 3.3*

  1. * p < 0.05 in comparison to stroke cases using Chi-squared test or Student’s t test.
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