The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 3 Distribution of risk factors across nationalities

From: Demographic and risk factors profile of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in the Kingdom of Bahrain

	No HTN		HTN
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	47	24	185	65
Non-Bahraini	41	10	81	24
	Chi square p= 0.10		Chi square p= 0.50

	No DM		DM
	ICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	82	27	149	62
Non-Bahraini	69	15	53	19
	Chi square p= 0.29		Chi square p= 0.65

	No dyslipidemia		Dyslipidemia
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	149	58	82	30
Non-Bahraini	89	30	33	4
	Chi square p= 0.60		Chi square p= 0.06

	No previous stroke/TIA		Previous stroke/TIA
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	164	51	68	38
Non-Bahraini	105	28	17	6
	Chi square p= 0.60		Chi square p= 0.470

	No IHD		IHD
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	173	68	59	21
Non-Bahraini	104	31	18	3
	Chi-square p= 0. 27		Chi square p= 0.388

	No PAD		PAD
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	222	86	10	3
Non-Bahraini	119	34	3	0
	Chi square p= 0.21		Chi square p= 1.0

	No ECAS		ECAS
	NICAS	ICAS	NICAS	ICAS
Bahraini	173	68	59	21
Non-Bahraini	104	31	18	3
	Chi square p= 0.27		Chi square p= 0.388

ICAS intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, NICAS non intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, TIA transient ischemic attack, IHD ischemic heart disease, PAD peripheral arterial disease, ECAS extracranial atherosclerosis

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