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Table 4 Secondary preventive factors associated with cognitive impairment at 6 months post-stroke

From: Cognitive impairment six months after ischaemic stroke: a profile from the ASPIRE-S study

 

Adjusted OR*

P-value

95% CI

Blood pressure not at target (>140/90)

1.02

0.93

.72-1.4

Fasting glucose not at target <7 mmol/L)

1.11

0.73

.62-1.96

Serum total cholesterol not at target (>4.5 mmol/L)

1.86

0.091

.91-3.82

Number of medications

1.12

0.001

1.04-1.19

Antihypertensive

1.22

0.44

.74-2.01

Polytherapy antihypertensive (<2 vs. > = 2)

.67

0.03

.46-.96

Antiplatelet

.38

0.078

.13-.68

Anticoagulant

.41

<0.001

.26-.68

Statin

.75

.59

.28-2.04

  1. *adjusted for age, sex and stroke severity.
  2. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.