ASA use | |||||||
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No | Yes | Test† | |||||
n | % | n | % | p Value | |||
All | 552 | 81.1 | 129 | 18.9 | |||
Mean age (SD) | 74.7 (5.4) | 77.5 (5.1) | <0.001 | ||||
Education beyond mandatory | 188 | 34.1 | 40 | 31 | 0.598 | ||
Stroke up to 2000 | 18 | 3.3 | 27 | 20.9 | <0.001 | ||
NSAID daily use | 76 | 13.8 | 18 | 14 | 1.000 | ||
Gastric ulcer | 51 | 9.2 | 7 | 5.4 | 0.359 | ||
n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | ||
10 year risk of CVD (Framingham %)‡ | 514 | 21.5 | 7 | 116 | 22.7 | 7.3 | 0.062 |
Mean stroke age | 18 | 64.2 | 14.5 | 27 | 71 | 12 | 0.102 |
Cognitive tests | |||||||
MMSE | 550 | 27.8 | 2.2 | 128 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 0.004 |
Naming test | 538 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 127 | 0.06 | 0.3 | 0.663 |
Category fluency | 542 | 21.5 | 6.7 | 128 | 20.2 | 8.2 | 0.010 |
Word memory | 526 | 5.2 | 2 | 120 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0.072 |
ASA, acetylsalicylic acid; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
*Excluding those with dementia diagnosis and warfarin, clopidogrel or heparin use as determined from the baseline study.
†Mann-Whitney U tests were stated otherwise Fisher's exact tests.
‡Framingham score is the 10-year risk for general cardiovascular disease calculated for 630 cases with complete data.