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Table 1 Characteristic of stroke survivors

From: Cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life among stroke survivors in Korea from 2013 to 2018: a cross-sectional cohort study

 

2013–2014

2015–2016

2017–2018

p-value*

N

145

198

234

 

Age (years)

63.23 ± 1.12

66.43 ± 0.87

66.95 ± 0.84

0.0308

Sex, female (%)

27.0 (3.56)

39.7 (3.85)

43.5 (3.90)

0.0109

Marital status, married (%)

95.2 (2.31)

97.5 (1.73)

95.7 (1.51)

0.6611

Education level

   

0.7458

 > 12

89.2 (3.30)

90.7 (2.51)

87.9 (2.43)

 

 ≤ 12

10.8 (3.30)

9.3 (2.51)

12.1 (2.43)

 

Residential area, urban (%)

74.4 (4.99)

83.3 (3.35)

81.9 (3.11)

0.2640

Household income (%)

   

0.5503

 1Q

40.9 (5.34)

41.0 (4.50)

32.7 (3.58)

 

 2Q

21.4 (4.13)

20.5 (3.04)

23.1 (3.21)

 

 3Q

15.3 (3.21)

16.5 (2.80)

23.1 (3.54)

 

 4Q

22.4 (4.38)

22.0 (3.43)

21.1 (3.20)

 

Economic activity, yes (%)

42.9 (4.94)

34.7 (4.27)

35.4 (3.72)

0.3921

Time since stroke onset (years)

8.77 ± 0.57

9.16 ± 0.54

9.53 ± 0.63

0.1536

Current drinking, yes (%)

18.2 (4.08)

18.1 (2.85)

17.1 (3.12)

0.9627

  1. Values are weighted mean ± SE or weighted percentage (SE), unless otherwise indicated
  2. *p-value by ANOVA or Rao–Scott chi-square test, as appropriate