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Table 1 Gender, academic qualifications, practice duration and location and awareness of common risk factors for ischemic strokea

From: Community physicians’ knowledge of secondary prevention after ischemic stroke: a questionnaire survey in Shanxi Province, China

 

Total

Gender

Highest academic qualification

 

Practice duration

Location of practicing

 

N = 1910

Male

Female

P value*

Junior college degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

TCM practitioners with no college education (n = 94)

P value*

<10 years

10–20 years

>20 years

P value*

Rural

Urban

P value*

(n = 780)

(n = 1,130)

(n = 1,346)

(n = 455)

(n = 15)

(n = 650)

(n = 917)

(n = 343)

(n = 454)

(n = 1,456)

Obesity

96.7

96.6

96.9

0.807

96.5

96.8

100

100

0.321

96.5

96.4

97.4

0.614

98.0

96.4

0.154

Limited physical activity

73.2

73.3

73.0

0.884

74.1

67.6

66.7

76.8

0.070

76.3

73.2

68.4

0.037

74.9

72.7

0.431

Smoking

96.3

96.6

96.0

0.475

96.1

95.5

100

98.8

0.457

96.9

95.8

96.7

0.561

97.4

96.0

0.219

Excessive drinking

94.3

93.2

95.0

0.123

93.5

95.8

93.3

98.8

0.108

95.5

94.7

92.0

0.069

93.0

94.6

0.239

Hypertension

99.7

99.6

99.8

0.402

99.7

99.8

100

100

0.969

99.8

99.5

99.8

0.738

99.7

99.7

0.982

Diabetes

96.1

96.7

95.7

0.321

95.6

97.3

86.7

96.4

0.137

95.8

96.4

95.3

0.669

92.5

97.0

<0.001

Atrial fibrillation

92.0

90.8

92.7

0.152

91.5

93.5

93.3

87.7

0.308

89.5

91.9

92.4

0.278

89.1

92.7

0.028

Atherosclerotic CAD

95.2

93.6

96.2

0.013

95.1

94.8

93.3

96.3

0.930

92.7

96.5

93.6

0.930

94.7

95.3

0.648

Carotid plaque

96.7

95.9

97.2

0.146

95.9

98.2

100

100

0.032

95.2

96.4

97.6

0.170

96.5

96.7

0.841

Carotid stenosis

94.9

94.3

95.2

0.408

93.9

96.7

93.3

97.5

0.115

92.6

95.7

94.5

0.090

92.6

95.4

0.037

Prior TIA

98.0

97.2

98.5

0.056

97.5

99.5

93.3

96.4

0.041

98.1

97.9

97.2

0.616

98.2

97.9

0.720

Prior minor stroke

98.0

97.7

98.1

0.545

97.9

98.0

93.3

97.5

0.665

97.6

97.6

98.1

0.848

99.4

97.6

0.038

Elevated total cholesterol

98.3

97.9

98.5

0.462

97.5

99.8

100

100

0.015

97.9

98.1

98.6

0.715

99.1

98.0

0.163

Elevated LDL-C

92.2

92.4

92.1

0.927

91.8

94.1

80.0

89.0

0.092

93.5

91.6

89.5

0.121

91.8

92.3

0.761

Elevated triglycerides

98.0

97.8

98.2

0.604

97.3

99.5

100

100

0.021

97.6

97.8

98.1

0.872

99.1

97.8

0.100

Hyperhomocysteinemia

89.9

88.4

90.9

0.094

89.1

92.2

80.0

86.8

0.149

91.1

90.6

84.7

0.004

87.9

90.4

0.182

  1. TCM traditional Chinese medicine, CAD coronary artery disease, TIA transient ischemic attack, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. *Chi-square test, P < 0.05 indicates a significant difference in awareness between groups.
  3. aValues are given as percentages