Table 1 Baseline Variable for patients in the RA and SLE cohorts and age- and sex-matched control cohorts
From: Risk of Stroke in Patients with Rheumatism: A Nationwide Longitudinal Population-based Study
|  | RA patients n = 6114 | Control patients n = 24 456 | SLE patients n = 621 | Control patients n = 2484 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline Variable | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤30 | 515 (8.4) | 2060 (8.4) | 214 (34.5) | 856 (34.5) |
31–40 | 754 (12.3) | 3016 (12.3) | 152 (24.5) | 608 (24.5) |
41–50 | 1315 (21.5) | 5260 (21.5) | 132 (21.3) | 528 (21.3) |
51–60 | 1500 (24.5) | 6000 (24.5) | 66 (10.6) | 264 (10.6) |
61–70 | 1102 (18.0) | 4408 (18.0) | 40 (6.4) | 160 (6.4) |
>70 | 928 (20.0) | 3712 (15.2) | 17 (2.7) | 68 (2.7) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 1752 (28.7) | 7008 (28.7) | 69 (11.1) | 276 (11.1) |
Female | 4362 (71.3) | 17448 (71.3) | 552 (88.9) | 2208 (88.9) |
Urbanization level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 3599 (58.9) | 14289 (58.4) | 383 (61.7) | 1528 (61.5) |
Suburban | 1810 (29.6) | 7160 (29.3) | 167 (26.9) | 696 (28.0) |
Rural | 705 (11.5) | 3007 (12.3) | 71 (11.4) | 260 (10.5) |
Diabetes mellitus | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 2845 (9.3) | 599 (9.8) | 21 (3.4) | 96 (3.9) |
No | 27725 (90.7) | 5515 (90.2) | 600 (96.6) | 2388 (96.1) |
Hypertension | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 1397 (22.8)*** | 5017 (20.5) | 95 (15.3)*** | 198 (8.0) |
No | 4717 (77.2) | 19439 (79.5) | 526 (84.7) | 2286 (92.0) |
Hyperlipidemia | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 691 (11.3)*** | 2175 (8.9) | 30 (4.8) | 95 (3.8) |
No | 5423 (88.7) | 22281 (91.1) | 591 (95.2) | 2389 (96.2) |
Coronary heart disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 548 (9.0)*** | 1769 (7.2) | 28 (4.5) | 79 (3.2) |
No | 5566 (91.0) | 22687 (92.8) | 593 (95.5) | 2405 (96.8) |
congestive heart failure | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 726 (11.9)** | 2569 (10.5) | 27 (4.3) | 101 (4.1) |
No | 5388 (88.1) | 21887 (89.5) | 594 (95.7) | 2383 (95.9) |
hypercoagulability | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 7 (0.1) | 13 (0.1) | 3 (0.5)** | 1 (0.0) |
No | 6107 (99.9) | 24443 (99.9) | 618 (99.5) | 2483 (100.0) |
renal disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 298 (4.9)*** | 819 (3.3) | 68 (11.0)*** | 37 (1.5) |
No | 5816 (95.1) | 23637 (96.7) | 553 (89.0) | 2447 (98.5) |
atrial fibrillation | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 30 (0.5) | 104 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.2) |
No | 6084 (99.5) | 24352 (99.6) | 621 (100.0) | 2480 (99.8) |
valvular heart disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 138 (2.3)*** | 337 (1.4) | 12 (1.9)* | 20 (0.8) |
No | 5976 (97.7) | 24119 (98.6) | 609 (98.1) | 2464 (99.2) |
