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Table 5 Patients' recognition of risk factor treatment.

From: Knowledge of stroke risk factors among primary care patients with previous stroke or TIA: a questionnaire study

Treatment

Number of patients who reported treatment

n = 182 (%)

Number of those who marked the treatment as intended for stroke/TIA prevention

n = first column (%)

Anticoagulants (warfarin)

32 (17.6)

18 (56.3)

Platelet aggregation inhibitors

114 (62.4)

55 (48.2)

Antihypertensive agents

120 (66.0)

43 (35.8)

Antilipemic agents

73 (40.1)

26 (35.6)

Hypoglycemic agents

21 (11.5)

3 (14.3)

  1. Number and proportion of patients who reported taking drugs and listing them as intended for stroke/TIA prevention.