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Table 6 Age- and sex-adjusted comparison of stroke subtypes in 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

Intracerebral haemorrhage

1.18 (0.90–1.54)

0.25

1.15 (0.85–1.55)

0.36

1.34 (0.93–1.95)

0.12

0.80 (0.56–1.15)

0.23

Large vessel disease

0.59 (0.45–0.78)

<0.001

0.56 (0.42–0.77)

<0.001

0.69 (0.46–1.02)

0.06

0.76 (0.50–1.16)

0.21

Intracranial

2.99 (1.57–5.70)

<0.001

2.31 (1.13–4.71)

0.02

5.08 (2.38–10.83)

<0.001

0.44 (0.24–0.83)

0.01

Extracranial

0.39 (0.28–0.53)

<0.001

0.42 (0.30–0.59)

<0.001

0.31 (0.18–0.53)

<0.001

1.20 (0.67–2.14)

0.55

Small vessel disease

2.74 (2.19–3.44)

<0.001

2.65 (2.09–3.38)

<0.001

3.24 (2.37–4.44)

<0.001

0.86 (0.65–1.13)

0.27

Cardioembolic

0.61 (0.50–0.74)

<0.001

0.65 (0.52–0.81)

<0.001

0.47 (0.33–0.67)

<0.001

1.48 (1.04–2.10)

0.03

Tandem

0.76 (0.51–1.14)

0.19

0.73 (0.46–1.15)

0.18

0.92 (0.49–1.74)

0.81

0.87 (0.44–1.70)

0.68

Other cause

0.37 (0.23–0.58)

<0.001

0.46 (0.28–0.75)

0.002

0.21 (0.11–0.40)

<0.001

2.54 (1.35–4.76)

0.004

Ischaemic unknown

1.11 (0.91–1.35)

0.32

1.10 (0.89–1.37)

0.38

1.03 (0.76–1.40)

0.83

0.96 (0.71–1.29)

0.78

  1. Odds ratios (OR) and P values for each stroke subtype were obtained using logistic regression analyses adjusted for age and sex
  2. CI, Confidence interval