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Table 3 Multivariable model adjusted for clustering effect (Study Centers)

From: Clinical, lifestyle, socioeconomic determinants and rate of asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis in stroke free Pakistanis

Factor

Unadjusted PR

Adjusted PR

P-value

Sociodemographic factors

   

Age < 45 yrs

1.16 (1.13-1.19)

1.94 (1.85-1.97)

0.03

Socioeconomic Status

   

Low

1

1

0.01

Middle

0.65 (0.34-1.24)

0.55 (0.51-0.59)

0.36

High

1.16 (1.08-1.41)

1.39 (1.08-1.83)

0.02

Vascular related

   

HTN

1.96 (1.83-2.13)

-

 

CVD

1.51 (1.39-1.64)

1.15 (1.06-1.36)

0.03

Lifestyle related

   

Smokeless tobacco

1.73 (1.57-1.89)

1.77 (1.54-2.03)

0.04

Waist

1.22 (1.20-2.24)

-

 

Western diet

   

Quintile 1

1

1

0.01

Quintile 2

2.4 (2.2-2.6)

2.85 (2.06-3.95)

0.03

Quintile 3

2.46 (2.44-2.48)

2.87 (1.79-4.6)

0.03

Quintile 4

2.95 (1.78-4.87)

3.54 (2.68-4.68)

0.02

Quintile 5

3.32 (2.8-3.9)

3.9 (2.87-5.3)

0.01