Stroke risk and its association with quality of life: a cross-sectional study among Chinese urban adults

Table 2 Comparisons among three risk groups for stroke

Socio demographics	Low-risk (G1, n = 2697)	Middle-risk (G2, n = 753)	High-risk (G3, n = 580)	χ²/F	P*	Post-hoc analysis
Age	52.31 ± 11.23	51.97 ± 11.19	52.13 ± 11.19	0.30	0.738
Gender
Male	1222 (45.31)	342 (45.42)	257 (44.31)	0.21	0.899
Female	1475 (54.69)	411 (54.58)	323 (55.69)	0.021	0.989
Education
Primary and below	603 (22.36)	184 (24.44)	117 (20.17)	5.64	0.228
Middle and high school	1340 (49.68)	346 (45.95)	299 (51.55)
College and above	754 (27.96)	223(29.61)	164 (28.28)
Marriage
Married	2525 (93.62)	701 (93.09)	542 (93.45)	0.27	0.872
Unmarried	172 (6.38)	52 (6.91)	38 (6.55)
Quality of Life
Physical health	13.64 ± 1.89	13.53 ± 1.83	13.32 ± 1.91	7.18	< 0.001	G1 > G3
Psychological health	13.86 ± 2.30	13.63 ± 2.17	13.42 ± 2.19	10.54	< 0.001	G1 > G2, G1 > G3
Social relationships	15.40 ± 2.76	15.06 ± 2.67	14.71 ± 2.73	17.20	< 0.001	G1 > G2, G1 > G3
Environment	14.85 ± 2.65	14.77 ± 2.58	14.33 ± 2.55	9.28	< 0.001	G1 > G3, G2 > G3
Total score	84.90 ± 9.05	83.90 ± 8.90	82.61 ± 9.64	16.33	< 0.001	G1 > G2 > G3

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