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Table 3 The incidence rate of significant ACAS increased with the age of the patients

From: Correlation between significant asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and severity of peripheral arterial occlusive disease in the lower limb: a retrospective study on 200 patients

Age

ACAS (%)a

Total number

P-valueb

Odds ratios (95% confidence interval)

Non-significant

Significant

 50–59

38 (90.5%)

4 (9.5%)

42

0.016*

0.343 (0.129–0.910)

 60–69

62 (77.5%)

18 (22.5%)

80

0.785

0.945 (0.627–1.425)

  ≥ 70

53 (68.0%)

25 (32.1%)

78

0.023*

1.536 (1.087–2.169)

Total number

153

47

200

  
  1. ACAS Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
  2. *Significant P-value
  3. aχ2 = 7.78, P = 0.020; Spearman’s rho = 0.194, P = 0.006
  4. bAfter Bonferroni correction α’ = 0.017
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