Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics by occurrence of incident stroke
From: Trends in cognitive function before and after stroke in China
|  | No incident stroke (n = 12,701) | Incident stroke (n = 610) | P value* | Adjusted P value†|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables, mean (SD) | ||||
 Age | 58.6 (9.2) | 61.0 (8.8) |  < 0.001 | - |
 Number of IADLs | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.3 (0.8) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Episodic memory scores | 3.3 (1.9) | 3.1 (1.8) |  < 0.001 | 0.452 |
 Visuospatial ability scores | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.003 | 0.054 |
 TICS-10 test scores | 6.6 (2.8) | 6.3 (2.9) |  < 0.001 | 0.109 |
Categorical variables, n (%) | ||||
 Males | 5925 (47.3) | 290 (48.3) | 0.335 | - |
 Education |  |  |  < 0.001 | 0.247 |
  Illiterate | 3293 (26.3) | 173 (28.8) |  |  |
  Primary school | 5026 (40.1) | 258 (42.9) |  |  |
  Middle school | 2665 (21.3) | 104 (17.3) |  |  |
  High school and above | 1556 (12.4) | 66 (11.0) |  |  |
 Marital status |  |  |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
  Married | 11,156 (89.0) | 520 (86.5) |  |  |
  Other status | 1384 (11.0) | 81 (13.5) |  |  |
 Residential area |  |  | 0.285 | 0.002 |
  Urban | 2660 (21.2) | 122 (20.3) |  |  |
  Rural | 9880 (78.8) | 479 (79.7) |  |  |
 Current smoking | 4861 (38.8) | 254 (42.3) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Current drinking | 3201 (25.2) | 165 (27.5) | 0.034 |  < 0.001 |
 Hypertension | 2731 (21.8) | 245 (40.8) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Dyslipidemia | 1041 (8.30) | 89 (14.8) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Diabetes | 633 (5.1) | 51 (8.5) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Cancer | 111 (0.9) | 3 (0.5) | 0.046 | 0.079 |
 Lung diseases | 1228 (9.8) | 68 (11.3) | 0.015 |  < 0.001 |
 Heart problems | 1384 (11.4) | 107 (17.8) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |
 Depression | 2579 (20.6) | 165 (27.5) |  < 0.001 |  < 0.001 |