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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Reevaluation of risk factors for time to subsequent events after first stroke occurrence using a new weighted all-cause effect measure

Characteristics

Total observations

n = 470

Without subsequent stroke or death

n = 413

(87.9%)

2nd stroke

n = 34

(7.2%)

Death

n = 23

(4.9%)

Age (years) – mean ± SD

66.3 ± 10.9

66.1 ± 10.9

67.5 ± 10.1

68.9 ± 11.2

Male - n (%)

282 (60.0)

244 (86.5)

23 (8.2)

15 (5.3)

Education level

 Primary/low-secondary school - n (%)

359 (76.4)

313 (87.2)

25 (7.0)

21 (5.8)

 Secondary school- n (%)

56 (11.9)

52 (92.9)

3 (5.4)

1 (1.8)

 German Abitur/University - n (%)

55 (11.7)

48 (87.3)

6 (10.9)

1 (1.8)

Body-mass-index (kg/m2) – mean ± SD

28.8 ± 5.2

28.8 ± 5.3

28.1 ± 4.3

29.1 ± 4.1

Physical activity *)

 no or little activity - n (%)

315 (67.7)

278 (88.3)

23 (7.3)

14 (4.4)

 1–2 days per week - n (%)

67 (14.4)

57 (85.1)

6 (9.0)

4 (6.0)

 3–7 days per week - n (%)

83 (17.8)

73 (88.0)

5 (6.0)

5 (6.0)

Smoking - n (%)

145 (30.9)

121 (83.5)

15 (10.3)

9 (6.2)

Diabetes mellitus - n (%)

145 (30.9)

132 (91.0)

3 (2.1)

10 (6.9)

Atrial fibrillation - n (%)

92 (19.6)

82 (89.1)

4 (4.5)

6 (6.5)

Hypercholesterolemia - n (%)

342 (72.8)

297 (86.8)

25 (7.3)

20 (5.9)

Hypertension - n (%)

407 (86.6)

358 (88.0)

29 (7.1)

20 (4.9)

  1. SD standard deviation; n number; *) n = 465