Gender difference of geographic distribution of the stroke incidence affected by socioeconomic, clinical and urban-rural factors: an ecological study based on data from the Brest stroke registry in France

Table 2 Male patient characteristics in the three stroke clusters and in the rest of the study area

	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	Rest of the study area
Number of patients within	N = 57	N = 31	N = 644	N = 588
Sociodemographic features
Age (mean ± SD)	77.5 ± 8.1	74.4 ± 8.2	76.3 ± 8.6	76.3 ± 8.6
Cardiovascular risk factors (%)^b
Dyslipidemia	22.8	29.1	38.7	39.3
Diabetes	8.8	0	16.9	14.5
Cardiac arrythmia	28.1	12.9	23.5	25.9
High blood pressure	63.2	58.1	58.9	60.2
Stroke type (%)
Ischemic	89.5	93.5	87.9	89.9
Hemorrhagic	10.5	6.5	11.7	10.1
Stroke severity, NIHSS (%)^a,b
Minor (0 to 5)	70.2	77.4	76.6	73.5
Moderate (6–13)	24.6	12.9	15.4	16.8
Severe (≥14)	5.3	9.7	8.1	9.7

^aNational Institute of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS)
^bMissing values: 11% for severity and less than 4% for all patients regarding risk factors.

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