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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Frequency and risk factors of carotid artery disease among ischemic stroke patients in the south Egypt: hospital-based study

Variable

Number (%)

Age (mean ± S.D.)

63.3 ± 9.79

 ≤ 60 years

73 (39.5%)

 > 60 years

112 (60.5%)

Gender

 

 Male

142 (76.8%)

 Female

43 (23.2%)

DM

71 (38.4%)

Hypertension

116 (62.7%)

Ischemic heart disease

61 (33%)

Dyslipidemia

96 (51.9%)

Smoking

91 (49.2%)

NIHSS (mean ± S.D.)

11.89 ± 4.91

  1. S.D. standard deviation