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Table 1 Demographic and clinical profile of patients with ischaemic strokes recruited to the study

From: Addressing the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and ischaemic stroke: an observational study

Variable

Number

Percentage (%)

Gender

Male

44

80

Female

11

20

Risk factors

Diabetes

9

16.4

Hypertension

32

58.2

Hypercholestrolaemia

7

12.7

Stroke

7

12.7

Transient ischaemic attack

3

5.5

Atrial fibrillation

0

0

Heart failure

0

0

Ischaemic heart disease

9

16.4

Smoking

17

30.9

No identifiable risk factors

13

23.6

Clinical classification of strokes*

TACI

0

0

PACI

20

36.4

POCI

8

14.5

Lacunar infarct

27

49.1

  1. *TACI; total anterior circulation infarct, PACI; partial anterior circulation infarct, POCI; posterior circulation infarct.