Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of overall study sample
Characteristics | IHD (n = 92, 10.8%) | I-stroke (n = 317, 37.3%) | H-stroke (n = 193, 22.7%) | HHD (n = 248, 29.2%) | Total (n = 850) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic | ||||||
Age, years, mean ± SD (min – max) | 57.7 ± 12.2 (32–85) | 65.1 ± 12.8 (31–95) | 58.8 ± 12.9 (26–95) | 61.9 ± 13.5 (26–92) | 61.8 ± 13.3 (26–95) | 0.001* |
Sex, male | 55 (59.8) | 152 (47.9) | 99 (51.3) | 126 (50.8) | 432 (50.8) | 0.259 |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||||
Single | 4 (10.3) | 14 (5.1) | 12 (7.5) | 12 (9.4) | 42 (7.0) | |
Married | 21 (53.8) | 188 (69.1) | 117 (73.6) | 92 (71.9) | 418 (69.9) | |
Divorced | 6 (15.4) | 4 (1.5) | 3 (1.9) | 10 (7.8) | 23 (3.8) | |
Widow (er) | 8 (20.5) | 66 (24.3) | 27 (17.0) | 14 (10.9) | 115 (19.2) | |
Level of Education | < 0.001 | |||||
None/Primary | 5 (12.5) | 32 (25.6) | 19 (20.0) | 21 (16.7) | 77 (20.0) | |
Secondary | 15 (37.5) | 47 (37.6) | 38 (40.0) | 52 (41.3) | 152 (39.4) | |
High school | 11 (27.5) | 5 (4.0) | 8 (8.4) | 24 (19.0) | 48 (12.4) | |
University | 9 (22.5) | 41 (32.8) | 30 (31.6) | 29 (23.0) | 109 (28.2) | |
Study hospital | < 0.001 | |||||
DGH | 40 (43.5) | 272 (85.8) | 159 (82.4) | 128 (51.6) | 599 (70.5) | |
SCC | 52 (56.5) | 45 (14.2) | 34 (17.6) | 120 (48.4) | 251 (29.5) | |
Clinical/risk factors | ||||||
Hypertension | 65 (70.7) | 246 (77.6) | 175 (90.7) | 248 (100) | 734 (86.2) | < 0.001 |
Diabetes | 17 (20.5) | 99 (31.2) | 48 (24.9) | 48 (21.1) | 212 (25.8) | 0.031 |
Smoking | 5 (6.2) | 38 (12.0) | 23 (11.9) | 15 (7.0) | 81 (10.1) | < 0.001 |
Dyslipidaemia | 4 (4.4) | 25 (7.9) | 7 (3.6) | 10 (4.9) | 46 (5.7) | 0.113 |
Atrial fibrillation | 2 (2.5) | 43 (13.6) | 6 (3.1) | 24 (11.0) | 75 (9.3) | 0.001 |
Past history of CVD | 34 (40.0) | 93 (29.3) | 46 (23.8) | 107 (46.3) | 280 (33.9) | < 0.001 |
Family history of CVD | 7 (8.0) | 106 (33.4) | 54 (28.0) | 33 (14.0) | 200 (24.0) | < 0.001 |
Physical inactivity | 16 (17.8) | 155 (48.9) | 75 (38.9) | 84 (34.3) | 330 (39.1) | 0.001 |
Overweight/obesity | 11 (13.4) | 109 (34.4) | 47 (24.4) | 38 (16.7) | 205 (25.0) | 0.001 |
Length of hospital stay | < 0.001# | |||||
Mean ± SD | 5.0 ± 3.3 | 10.3 ± 9.7 | 13.4 ± 11.7 | 6.6 ± 4.4 | 9.2 ± 8.9 | |
Median (25th – 75th %) | 5 (3–6) | 8.0 (5–12) | 12 (6–17) | 6 (4–8) | 7 (4–12) | |