Table 1 Demographic distribution and risk factors of the studied cases

Age

62.914 ± 11.287

64.828 ± 13.221

− 1.337

0.182

257

73.43

93

26.57

χ²

P value

HTN

171

66.54

75

80.65

6.50

0.011

DM

125

48.64

40

43.01

0.868

0.35

AF

28

10.89

25

26.88

13.58

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia

111

43.19

42

45.16

0.108

0.74

ISH

76

29.57

20

21.51

2.23

0.13

Open heart surgery

8

3.11

2

2.15

0.22

0.63

Valve replacement

6

2.33

2

2.15

0.01

0.91

Current smoker

78

30.35

2

2.15

30.79

 < 0.001

Ex-smoker

13

5.06

0

0

4.88

0.02

Stroke within 3 months

6

2.33

1

1.08

0.55

0.45

Stroke more than 3 months

47

18.29

13

13.98

0.89

0.34