Relationship between visible branch arteries distal to the stenosis on magnetic resonance angiography and stroke recurrence in patients with severe middle cerebral artery trunk stenosis: a one-year follow up study

Table 4 Potential predictors of stroke recurrence in the ipsilateral MCA in multivariate analyses

	HR (95 % CI)	P value
Age ≥ 65 years	1.2(0.5-2.7)	0.631
Male	1.5(0.5-4.0)	0.441
Hypertension	1.6(0.7-4.1)	0.368
Hypercholesterolemia	0.8(0.4-1.7)	0.544
Diabetes mellitus	0.8(0.4-1.8)	0.664
Smoking	1.4(0.6-3.3)	0.450
Poor MCA branch signal intensity	1.5(0.4-5.8)	0.561
Grade C	3.0(1.3-7.4)	0.014

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MCA, middle cerebral artery

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