Cardiovascular risk factors for acute stroke: Risk profiles in the different subtypes of ischemic stroke

Table 3 Cardiovascular risk factors in 2704 consecutive patients with cerebral infarction collected from the “Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry” according to the different stroke subtypes[7] n (%)

Variables	Atherothrombotic(n = 770)	Lacunar(n = 773)	Cardioembolic(n = 763)	Undeterminedcause (n = 324)	Unusual cause(n = 114)
Hypertension	509 (66.1)b	525 (71.6)b	377 (49.4)b	59 (18.2)b	31 (27.2)b
Atrial fibrillation	120 (15.6)b	81 (11.1)b	573 (75.1)b	25 (7.7)b	8 (7)b
Diabetes mellitus	242 (31.4)b	218 (29.7)b	142 (18.6)d	24 (7.4)b	6 (5.3)b
Dyslipidemia	164 (21.3)b	166 (22.6)b	88 (11.5)b	52 (16)b	10 (8.8)
Previous cerebral infarction	164 (21.3)b	117 (16)	146 (19.1)	31 (9.6)b	10 (8.8)d
Ischemic heart disease	150 (19.5)a	104 (14.2)	163 (21.4)b	14 (4.3)b	4 (3.5)b
History of transient ischemic attack	116 (15.1)d	80 (10.9)	73 (9.6)a	37 (11.4)	11 (9.6)
Smoking (> 20 cigarettes/d)	87 (11.3)a	86 (11.7)b	28 (3.7)b	41 (12.7)b	18 (6.9)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	74 (9.6)	61 (8.3)	62 (8.1)	20 (6.2)	6 (5.3)
Peripheral vascular disease	100 (13)d	57 (7.8)	50 (6.6)	3 (0.9)d	4 (3.5)d
Heart valve disease	11 (1.4)b	21 (2.9)b	130 (17)b	6 (1.9)d	6 (5.3)
Congestive heart failure	43 (5.6)	24 (3.3)d	72 (9.4)b	8 (2.5)d	1 (0.9)a
Obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2)	36 (4.7)	47 (6.4)b	17 (2.2)d	13 (4)	5 (4.4)
Oral anticoagulants	18 (2.3)a	7 (1)b	63 (8.3)b	2 (0.6)b	4 (3.5)
Alcohol abuse (> 80 g/d)	26 (3.4)a	21 (2.9)	5 (0.7)a	10 (3.1)	4 (3.5)
Chronic liver disease	17 (2.2)	15 (2.1)	15 (2)	10 (3.1)	0
Previous intracerebral hemorrhage	9 (1.2)	9 (1.2)	7 (0.9)	6 (1.9)	1 (0.9)

Data expressed as frequencies and percentages in parentheses.

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.001;

^dP < 0.01.