Predictors of future stroke in adults 60-64 years living in the community

Table 1 Sample characteristics

	Comparison groups
	Controls (n = 1746)		Stroke (n = 28)
	Mean/count	SD (%)	Mean/count	SD (%)
Age	62.52	1.51	62.50	1.58
Female	851	48.70	11	39.30
Caucasian	1686	96.60	28	100.00
MMSE	29.38	0.85	29.25	0.80
Education	14.08	2.62	13.77	2.90
Hypertension	1095	62.70	241	85.70
Diastolic BP	82.85	10.5	88.041	10.81
Systolic BP	139.14	18.58	155.251	24.46
BP medication	525	30.10	14	50.00
FVC	3.29	0.79	3.22	0.79
BMI	26.82	4.99	27.37	6.12
Diabetes	115	6.60	1	3.60
Smoker (ever)	786	45.00	191	68.00
Alcohol	6.96	8.19	9.46	13
Physical activity	13.98	12.92	11.97	10.76
Anxiety symptoms	2.12	2.23	2.71	2.57
Depress symptoms	1.62	1.80	1.75	2.12
Depression status	13	6.20	1	3.60
Anxiety medication	10	4.80	1	3.60
Depression medication	7	3.40	1	3.60
SDMT	50.85	8.78	49.21	9.65
Delayed recall	6.28	2.41	6.07	2.29
Digit backward	4.86	2.17	5.14	2.32
Spot-the-word	51.74	5.36	53.64	5.42
Purdue pegboard	10.60	1.57	9.752	1.29
BIS	20.18	3.14	20.32	2.74
Negative affect	13.64	4.64	13.75	4.15
Neuroticism	3.22	2.91	3.96	4.16
Extraversion	6.90	3.42	6.82	4.39
Psychoticism	1.71	1.32	1.82	1.59

Significant difference at

¹P = 0.05,

²P = 0.01. MMSE: Mini mental state examination; BP: Blood pressure; FVC: Forced vital capacity; BMI: Body mass index; SDMT: Symbol-digit modalities test; BIS: Behavioural inhibition scale; SD: Standard deviation.