Is cirrhosis associated with lower odds of ischemic stroke: A nationwide analysis?

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and prevalence of risk factors in patients with ischemic stroke among cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic groups

	Cirrhotic	Non-cirrhotic	P value
Mean age (SD)	66.4 (11.9)	70.5 (14.3)	< 0.001
Age categories
Age < 40	0.8	2.3	< 0.001
Age 40-64	46.6	30.6
Age > 65	52.6	67.1
Gender
Male	55.1	46.5	< 0.001
Female	44.9	53.5
Race
Caucasian	66.6	70.8	< 0.001
African-American	14.9	15.9
Other races	18.5	13.3
Hospital characteristics
Teaching status
Teaching	51.3	48.3	0.13
Non-teaching	48.7	51.7
Location
Rural	9.3	10.9	0.04
Urban	90.7	89.1
Bed size
Small	10.3	12	0.46
Medium	26.8	26.7
Large	62.9	61.3
Risk factors
Hypertension	52.2	62.5	< 0.001
Diabetes	45.1	37.8	< 0.001
Tobacco use	37.2	28.8	< 0.001
CHF	18.9	13.1	< 0.001
Personal history of stroke	13.1	14.8	< 0.001
CAD	25.3	27.7	< 0.001
Peripheral artery disease	8.7	6.9	< 0.001
Atrial fibrillation	23.8	21.9	0.001
Anticoagulation use	4.4	6.8	< 0.001
Dyslipidemia	34.4	56.5	< 0.001
Alcohol abuse	28.8	3.8	< 0.001
Family history of stroke	1.5	2.3	< 0.001

The numbers in each cell represent percentage of patients with particular characteristics/risk factor in each group. SD: Standard deviation; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CHF: Congestive heart failure.