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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of cases/controls

From: Polymorphisms in migraine-associated gene, atp1a2, and ischemic stroke risk in a biracial population: the genetics of early onset stroke study

 

Cases (n = 830)

Controls (n = 907)

P

Age*

43 (39–47)

41 (36–44)

<0.001

Female

354 (43%)

407 (45%)

0.421

Black

353 (43%)

354 (39%)

0.207

HTN

371 (45%)

181 (20%)

<0.001

MI

62 (7.5%)

14 (1.5%)

<0.001

DM

147 (18%)

55 (6%)

<0.001

Smoking

348 (42%)

257 (28%)

<0.001

OC

57 (16%)

34 (8%)

<0.001

Migraine

 MWA

226 (27%)

193 (21%)

0.005

 MWoA

56 (7%)

73 (8%)

0.346

  1. HTN, Hypertension MI, Myocardial Infarction DM, Diabetes Mellitus Type II OC, Oral Contraceptive use. * Age is expressed as median (25th-75th percentile).
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