Characteristics of patients included in the analyses. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics TIA patients (n=87) Minor stroke patients (n=87) Mean (SD) age (years) 75.0 (10.8) 73.0 (12.5) Male 38 (44) 41 (47) Previous TIA or stroke 36 (41) 19 (22) Treated hypertension 48 (55) 47 (54) Current smoking 5 (6) 19 (22) Treated diabetes mellitus 10 (12) 10 (12) Angina 18 (21) 16 (18) Previous myocardial infarction 16 (18) 16 (18) History of treated hyperlipidaemia 28 (32) 21 (24) Antiplatelet treatment before event 44 (51) 36 (41) Anticoagulated before event 6 (7) 1 (1)

TIA=transient ischaemic attack.