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

Table 5 Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in lacunar infarction and in lacunar syndromes not due to lacunar infarcts[89] n (%)

Datos	Lacunar syndromes not due to lacunar infarction	Lacunar infarcts	P value
Total patients	146	733
Male sex	82 (56.2)	423 (57.7)	0.73
Age, yr, mean ± SD	72.9 (12.6)	74.1 (10.2)	0.285
Age ≥ 85 yr	26 (17.8)	110 (15.0)	0.393
Risk factors
Hypertension	107 (73.3)	525 (71.6)	0.683
Diabetes mellitus	31 (21.2)	218 (29.7)	0.037
Heart valve disease	10 (6.8)	21 (2.9)	0.017
Ischemic heart disease	23 (15.8)	104 (14.2)	0.623
Atrial fibrillation	44 (30.1)	81 (11.1)	0
Congestive heart failure	4 (2.7)	24 (3.3)	0.737
Previous transient ischemic attack	12 (8.2)	80 (10.9)	0.331
Previous cerebral infarction	16 (11)	117 (16)	0.123
Head traumatism	6 (4.1)	6 (0.8)	0.006
Peripheral vascular disease	17 (11.6)	57 (7.8)	0.124
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	8 (5.5)	47 (6.4)	0.671
Alcohol abuse (> 80 g/d)	7 (4.8)	21 (2.9)	0.34
Smoking (> 20 cigarettes/d)	19 (13)	86 (11.7)	0.663
Dyslipidemia	29 (19.9)	166 (22.6)	0.46

Data expressed as frequencies and percentages in parentheses.