Table 1 Characteristics of patients and controls.

From: Polymorphisms in Telomere Length Associated TERC and TERT predispose for Ischemic Stroke in a Chinese Han population

Characteristics

Ischemic stroke (n = 300)

Control (n = 300)

P value a

Age (means ± SD, year)

60.3 ± 6.4

60.4 ± 5.1

0.849

Gender

No.

%

No.

%

 

 Male

180

60

180

60

1.000

 Female

120

40

120

40

  1. aP value was estimated by Welch’s t test and Pearson’s χ2 test for age and gender variables, respectively. Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.