Table 6: Hemostatic markers in control subjects
Marker	Control group; mean value (and SD)		Difference in means (and 95% CI)	Adjusted p value*
	With history of stroke n = 11	Without history of stroke n = 31
Fibrinogen, g/L	4.0  (0.9)	3.2  (1.1)	0.8  (0.16, 1.43)	0.04
Von Willebrand factor antigen, µ/mL	2.3  (1.2)	1.5  (0.6)	0.8  (0.06, 1.53)	0.002
Factor VIII, µ/mL	1.7  (0.7)	1.3  (0.3)	0.4  ( 0.05, 0.85)	0.002
Protein C, µ/mL	0.91  (0.23)	1.10  (0.24)	0.19  ( 0.35, 0.03)	0.08
Protein S, µ/mL	0.86  (0.09)	0.98  (0.17)	0.12  ( 0.20, 0.04)	0.023
Prothrombin fragment F1+2, nmol/L
All subjects	1.5  (1.43)	1.8  (0.99)	0.30  ( 1.20, 0.60)	0.46
Excluding outliers†	1.04  (0.27)	1.72  (0.97)	0.68  ( 1.10, 0.30)	0.06
	n = 7	n = 29
*Determined by ANOVA, for difference between groups after adjustment for age and sex. †As described in Table 4.

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