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      CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; ABI: Ankle Brachial Index; AF: Atrial Fibrillation; PAD: Peripheral Artery Disease; 
      SR: Sinus Rhythm; AF + PAD: Presence of AF and PAD:
    AF – PAD Presence of AF/absence of PAD; SR + PAD: Presence of PAD/ absence of AF; SR – PAD: Absence of PAD and AF
        |  | Cerebrovascular    events(n    = 50) | Not    Cerebrovascular events(n    =150) | p    value<0.05 |  
        | Age    (n ± SD) | 74.40 ±    9.69 | 73.15 ± 9.07 | 0.41 |  
        | Males | 26 (52%) | 82 (54.6%) | 0.87 |  
        | Females | 24 (48%) | 68 (45.3%) | 0.87 |  
        | Hypertension | 47 (94%) | 136 (90.67%) | 0.66 |  
        | Diabetes    mellitus | 23 (46%) | 65 (43.33%) | 0.87 |  
        | Hypercholesterolemia | 17 (34%) | 55 (36.67%) | 0.86 |  
        | Smoking | 17 (34%) | 47 (31.33%) | 0.86 |  
        | Obesity | 10 (20%) | 20 (13.33%) | 0.36 |  
        | Familiarity    for CVD | 11 (22%) | 28 (18.67%) | 0.76 |  
        | ABI    (n ± SD) | 0.91± 0.18 | 0.96 ± 0.16 | 0.047 |  
        | PAD    + AF | 16 (32%) | 26 (17.33%) | 0.045 |  
        | AF  - PAD | 18 (68%) | 40 (27%) | 0.28 |  
        | SR    + PAD | 9 (18%) | 18 (12%) | 0.40 |  
        | SR    - PAD | 7 (14%) | 66 (44%) | 0.0003 |  
        | Cardiovascular    events | 20 (40%) | 30 (20%) | 0.80 |  |