Table 2 Results of the multivariate ordinal logistic regression with independent predictors of SHPVO

From: Different locations but common associations in subcortical hypodensities of presumed vascular origin: cross-sectional study on clinical and neurosonologic correlates

Variable	Deep white matter hypodensities			Periventricular white matter hypodensities			Basal Ganglia hypodensities
Variable	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Age	1.067	1.047-1.088	<0.001	1.068	1.049-1.088	<0.001	1.05	1.03-1.071	<0.001
Male gender	0.874	0.569-1.345	0.541	0.714	0.471-1.082	0.112	1.298	0.825-2.042	0.26
Hypertension	1.909	1.222-2.981	0.004	1.907	1.238-2.938	0.003	1.775	1.109-2.843	0.017
Diabetes mellitus	1.158	0.741-1.81	0.52	1.283	0.826-1.992	0.268	1.2	0.764-1.885	0.429
Smoking	1.039	0.546-1.975	0.908	0.816	0.434-1.533	0.527	0.895	0.456-1.758	0.748
Dyslipidemia	1.149	0.779-1.697	0.186	1.179	0.807-1.723	0.393	1.01	0.675-1.511	0.963
Coronariopathy	0.483	0.165-1.411	0.183	0.842	0.298-2.38	0.745	0.877	0.308-2.497	0.805
Heart Failure	1.203	0.485-2.979	0.69	1.63	0.68-3.911	0.273	1.301	0.517-3.273	0.576
Obesity	1.958	0.991-3.871	0.053	1.074	0.549-2.102	0.835	1.169	0.571-2.392	0.669
Peripheral artery disease	2.346	0.345-15.961	0.384	1.783	0.267-11.909	0.551	1.366	0.195-9.584	0.754
Alcoholism	1.709	0.715-4.087	0.228	0.81	0.339-1.936	0.636	2.173	0.911-5.185	0.08
PI	17.994	6.875-47.1	<0.001	5.739	2.288-14.397	<0.001	11.844	4.486-31.268	<0.001
IMT	0.949	0.285-3.163	0.932	1.795	0.549-5.874	0.333	1.3	0.379-4.461	0.677

PI = Pulsatility Index; IMT = Intima Media Thickness; OR = Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.

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