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Table 3 cFactors associated with severe white matter hyperintensity revealed by multivariate analyses

From: Greater periventricular white matter hyperintensity severity in basilar artery branch atheromatous disease

 

Periventricular WMH ≥ 3

Subcortical WMH ≥ 2

 

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Age (per year increase)

1.08

1.05–1.11

<0.001

1.04

1.02–1.07

<0.001

Sex (men versus women)

0.89

0.51–1.57

0.692

0.75

0.44–1.26

0.274

Hypertension (yes versus no)

2.66

1.46–4.82

0.001

1.30

0.75–2.26

0.352

Diabetes mellitus (yes versus no)

0.96

0.56–1.65

0.878

1.10

0.68–1.83

0.679

Hyperlipidemia (yes versus no)

0.99

0.54–1.82

0.964

0.88

0.50–1.54

0.646

Cigarette Smoking (yes versus no)

1.67

0.15–18.76

0.666

0.83

0.11–6.24

0.856

Etiology (LAA/NS versus BABAD)

 BABAD

1

  

1

  

 LAA

0.51

0.28–0.96

0.037

0.63

0.36–1.12

0.302

 NS

0.40

0.21–0.74

0.004

0.74

0.42–1.31

0.302

  1. BABAD basilar artery branch atheromatous disease; LAA large-artery >50% atherosclerotic stenosis; NS non-stroke subjects; WMH white matter hyperintensity; OR odds ratio; 95% CI 95% confidence interval
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