Table 2
Baseline characteristics of cerebral ischemic stroke case and control

	Case (n=643)		Control (n=378)		P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (median)	66.0	13.09	60.0	15.20	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	182.05	36.98	179	39.37	0.196
Triglyceride, mg/dL	110.64	66.86	128	88.11	<0.001
LDL, mg/dL	116.26	32.74	106.7	34.72	<0.001
HDL, mg/dL	45.02	12.59	44.53	14.91	<0.001
Non HDL	137.03	36.04	130.35	37.70	0.005
ApoA1, mg/dL	122.20	25.87	135.39	28.42	<0.001
ApoB, mg/dL	90.19	24.32	83.97	23.02	<0.001
Total cholesterol/HDL	4.28	1.25	4.18	4.04	0.559
LDL/HDL ratio	2.76	1.02	2.4	1.11	<0.001
ApoB/A1 ratio	0.77	0.27	0.66	0.30	<0.001
No. with diabetes at baseline	165 (25.7%)		49 (13.0%)		<0.001
No. with hypertension at baseline	393 (61.1%)		116 (30.7%)		<0.001

Apo, apolipoproteins.