Table 1 Comparison of demographic data and RFs between the two study groups
Group | P | Sig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Medical | ||||||
Mean | ± SD (%) | Mean | ± SD | ||||
Age | 58.40 | 6.78 | 60.36 | 7.24 | .328‡ | NS | |
Body mass index | Average | 14 | 56.0 | 15 | 60.0 | .774* | NS |
Obese | 11 | 44.0 | 10 | 40.0 | |||
Sex | Male | 17 | 68.0 | 16 | 64.0 | .765* | NS |
Female | 8 | 32.0 | 9 | 36.0 | |||
Smoking | No | 11 | 44.0 | 14 | 56.0 | .396* | NS |
Yes | 14 | 56.0 | 11 | 44.0 | |||
Alcholic | No | 25 | 100.0 | 25 | 100.0 | – | – |
Yes | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | |||
Drug addict | No | 25 | 100.0 | 24 | 96.0 | 1.0** | NS |
Yes | 0 | .0 | 1 | 4.0 | |||
DM | No | 7 | 28.0 | 15 | 60.0 | .023* | S |
Yes | 18 | 72.0 | 10 | 40.0 | |||
HTN | No | 5 | 20.0 | 14 | 56.0 | .009* | HS |
Yes | 20 | 80.0 | 11 | 44.0 | |||
Hyperlipidemia | No | 15 | 60.0 | 19 | 76.0 | .225* | NS |
Yes | 10 | 40.0 | 6 | 24.0 | |||
Cardiac disease | No | 19 | 76.0 | 16 | 64.0 | .355* | NS |
Yes | 6 | 24.0 | 9 | 36.0 | |||
Previous TIA | No | 10 | 40.0 | 8 | 32.0 | .556* | NS |
Yes | 15 | 60.0 | 17 | 68.0 | |||
Number of previous stroke | Once | 12 | 48.0 | 10 | 40.0 | .849** | NS |
Twice | 11 | 44.0 | 12 | 48.0 | |||
>Twice | 2 | 8.0 | 3 | 12.0 | |||