Table 1 The baseline characteristics of participants grouped according to new-onset stroke

Age (years)

56 (50, 65)

56 (50, 64)

62 (56, 67)

 < 0.001

Gender, n (%)

0.375

 Male

2979 (45%)

2915 (47%)

204 (49%)

 Female

3641 (55%)

3288 (53%)

213 (51%)

Education level, n (%)

0.034

 Primary

4700 (71%)

4383 (68%)

317 (76%)

 Secondary

1390 (21%)

1323 (19%)

67 (16%)

 Third

530 (8%)

497 (12%)

33 (7.8%)

Current smoker, n (%)

2052 (31%)

1923 (31%)

129 (32%)

0.612

Current drinker, n (%)

2185 (33%)

2047 (33%)

138 (35%)

0.417

Hypertension, n (%)

2648 (40%)

2419 (39%)

229 (62%)

 < 0.001

Diabetes, n (%)

1059 (16%)

992 (16%)

67 (23%)

 < 0.001

Depressive symptom (%)

1853 (28%)

1737 (28%)

116 (32%)

0.034

BMI (kg/m²)

24.13 (21.83, 26.73)

24.07 (21.10, 26.67)

25.20 (22.64, 27.73)

 < 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

128(116, 143)

128(115, 142)

138 (124, 154)

 < 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

76 (68, 84)

75 (68, 84)

80 (72, 89)

 < 0.001

TC (mg/dL)

191.69(161.88, 216.44)

191.21 (168.50, 215.96)

197.69 (172.66, 225.62)

 < 0.001

TG (mg/dL)

106.33(76.23, 154.20)

104.44 (75.35, 153.33)

117.92 (85.97, 167.48)

 < 0.001

HDL-C (mg/dL)

50.49 (41.69, 61.41)

50.77 (41.99, 61.32)

48.27 (40.82, 57.86)

 < 0.001

LDL-C (mg/dL)

111.53 (94.95, 138.74)

115.15 (94.67, 137.96)

121.15 (98.51, 143.33)

0.002

FBG (mg/L)

103.32 (95.50, 114.22)

103.24 (95.32, 113.96)

106.31 (97.51, 120.34)

 < 0.001

HbAlc (%)

6.20 (5.90,6.40)

6.11 (5.91, 6.50)

6.21 (5.90, 9.51)

0.004

CRP (mg/L)

1.03 (0.56, 3.22)

1.11 (0.66, 2.18)

1.44 (0.67, 2.77)

 < 0.001

UA (mg/dL)

4.58 (3.66, 5.49)

4.59 (3.87, 5.51)

4.89 (3.91, 5.92)

0.013

HGB (g/L)

15.21 (14.05, 16.63)

15.31 (14.01, 16.63)

15.72 (14.43, 16.89)

0.005

CMI

0.48 (0.29, 0.85)

0.48 (0.29, 0.84)

0.60 (0.37, 1.05)

 < 0.001