Baseline characteristics of patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular events and myocardial infarction
| Ischaemic cerebrovascular events | Myocardial infarction | Total | |
| No | 1574 | 913 | 2487 |
| Age (years) | |||
| Median | 78.9 | 73 | 76.4 |
| <40 (%) | 3.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| 40–64 (%) | 19.5 | 33.4 | 24.6 |
| 65–74 (%) | 16.9 | 18.0 | 17.3 |
| 75–84 (%) | 38.2 | 30.9 | 35.5 |
| ≥85 (%) | 21.7 | 15.6 | 19.5 |
| Sex, men (%) | 46.1 | 64.2 | 52.7 |
| Medical history (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 67.6 | 53.3 | 62.3 |
| Diabetes | 17.4 | 22.8 | 19.4 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia* | 35.0 | 43.7 | 38.2 |
| Smoker* | 37.5 | 57.2 | 45.4 |
| Ischaemic cerebrovascular events | 21.3 | 8.0 | 16.4 |
| Myocardial infarction | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| Aspirin | 33.3 | 20.4 | 26.4 |
| Statin | 21.7 | 23.0 | 22.8 |
| Death ≤30 days after event (%) | 6.8 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
↵* Ex-smoker and current smoker.