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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Association of inflammatory gene polymorphisms with ischemic stroke in a Chinese Han population

 

Ischemic stroke patients

Controls

Pvalue

Number of subjects

1,124

1,163

 

Age, mean (SD), years

59.20 (10.71)

62.32 (10.68)

<0.0001

Male, %

59.82

61.25

0.483

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

24.42 (3.00)

25.04 (3.28)

<0.0001

Hypertension, %

64.74

70.19

0.005

  1. Data presented as percentage of participants unless otherwise stated. P values for χ 2 test for categorical variables, and Student’s t test for continuous variables. Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or current treatment with antihypertensive medication.
  2. BMI = body mass index.