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Table 3 Age- and sex-adjusted comparison of risk factors between white and black stroke populations

From: Differences in the distribution of stroke subtypes in a UK black stroke population – final results from the South London Ethnicity and Stroke Study

 

Black vs. White

Black Caribbean vs. White

Black African vs. White

Black Caribbean vs. Black African

OR (95 % CI)

P

OR (95 % CI)

P

OR (95 % CI)

P

OR (95 % CI)

P

Agea

0.95 (0.94–0.96)

<0.001

0.96 (0.96–0.97)

<0.001

0.93 (0.92–0.94)

<0.001

1.05 (1.04–1.06)

<0.001

Male sexb

1.18 (0.99–1.40)

0.07

1.15 (1.15–1.38)

0.16

1.15 (0.88–1.50)

0.30

0.77 (0.60–1.00)

0.05

Hypertension

3.23 (2.55–4.08)

<0.001

2.97 (2.97–3.84)

<0.001

4.43 (3.04–6.45)

<0.001

0.63 (0.43–0.91)

0.02

Diabetes

3.55 (2.91–4.32)

<0.001

3.76 (3.76–4.64)

<0.001

3.06 (2.30–4.07)

<0.001

1.05 (0.81–1.37)

0.70

Hypercholesterolaemia

0.81 (0.68–0.97)

0.02

0.84 (0.84–1.01)

0.07

0.75 (0.58–0.98)

0.03

1.00 (0.77–1.28)

0.97

Smoking

0.31 (0.26–0.38)

<0.001

0.43 (0.43–0.52)

<0.001

0.14 (0.10–0.19)

<0.001

3.79 (2.81–5.11)

<0.001

Body mass index

1.06 (1.03–1.09)

<0.001

1.07 (1.07–1.09)

<0.001

1.06 (1.03–1.09)

<0.001

1.00 (0.98–1.03)

0.93

Ischaemic heart disease

0.62 (0.50–0.79)

<0.001

0.64 (0.64–0.82)

<0.001

0.55 (0.37–0.81)

0.003

1.09 (0.72–1.64)

0.69

Peripheral vascular disease

0.52 (0.36–0.73)

<0.001

0.56 (0.56–0.82)

0.003

0.39 (0.20–0.74)

0.004

1.34 (0.67–2.68)

0.41

Atrial fibrillation

0.45 (0.36–0.56)

<0.001

0.43 (0.43–0.55)

<0.001

0.48 (0.33–0.70)

<0.001

0.97 (0.65–1.46)

0.90

Townsend deprivation index

1.57 (1.51–1.64)

<0.001

1.59 (1.59–1.67)

<0.001

1.64 (1.54–1.75)

<0.001

0.92 (0.88–0.96)

<0.001

  1. Odds ratios (OR) and P values for each risk factor were obtained using logistic regression analyses adjusted for age and sex
  2. aOnly adjusted for sex
  3. bOnly adjusted for age
  4. CI, Confidence interval