Table 2 Knowledge of specific stroke risk factors, stratified by own risk factor status
From: Stroke risk perception among participants of a stroke awareness campaign
Correctly identified risk factor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk factor | All participants | Participants affected by this factor | Participants unaffected by this factor | p for difference between affected and uneffected |
Precedent stroke | 96,1% | - | 96,1% | - |
Hypertension | 93,4% | 96,6% | 92,2% | 0,002 |
Smoking | 92,1% | 93,1%a | 90,6% | 0,10 |
Hyperlipidemia | 84,7% | 93,0% | 82,1% | < 0,001 |
Age | 80,0% | 80,3%b | 79,8%c | 0,89 |
Low physical activity | 79,1% | 75,8% | 81,7% | 0,01 |
Unhealthy diet d | 74,7% | - | - | - |
Family history of stroke or myocardial infarction | 74,2% | 80,5% | 67,9% | < 0,001 |
High alcohol intake d | 67,1% | - | - | - |
Myocardial infarction | 57,5% | 67,9% | 57,0% | 0,29 |
Diabetes | 49,3% | 86,4% | 47,9% | < 0,001 |