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Table 1 Stroke/TIA diagnoses according to medical records and lifestyle and social factors according to self-reported data.

From: Knowledge of stroke risk factors among primary care patients with previous stroke or TIA: a questionnaire study

 

Number of patients (%)

n = 182

Stroke related diagnoses (ICD-10 codes)

 

Intracerebral haemorrhage (I61)

25 (13.7)

Cerebral infarction (I63)

103 (56.6)

Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (I64)

6 (3.3)

Transient ischaemic attacs, TIA (G45)

48 (26.4)

Lifestyle factors

 

Overweight (Body Mass Index, BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2

59 (32.4)

Excessive alcohol consumption 1)

15 (8.2)

Smokers

23 (12.6)

Former smokers

78 (42.9)

Regular physical activity 2)

135 (74.2)

Social factors

 

Born in Sweden

144 (79.1)

Still working

15 (8.2)

Living alone (12 men, 26 women; p = 0.009)**

38 (20.9)

Completed upper secondary education or a higher educational level (37 men, 15 women; p = 0.036)*

51 (28.0)

Needing help with personal hygiene (such as going to the toilet, getting dressed and undressed)

9 (4.9)

Needing at least one technical aid for walking/transportation: cane (27 (14.8); walker 22 (12.1); crutch 17 (9.3); wheelchair 11 (6.0)

55 (30.2)

  1. Stroke/TIA diagnoses according to ICD-10 codes and other information from the medical records; lifestyle factors and social factors according to self-reported data.
  2. Statistical significance at level: *) p < 0.05; **) p < 0.01; ***) p < 0.001.
  3. 1 Defined in the questionnaire as drinking more than two glasses of alcohol daily (one glass equivalent to 33 cl strong beer, one glass of wine or 4 cl of spirits).
  4. 2 Defined as walking or physical exercise, for example, at least a few times a week.