Table 3 Multivariate Logistic Regression Analyses for the Relationship between Cerebral Microbleeds and Carotid Intima-media Thickness.

From: Location of Cerebral Microbleeds And Their Association with Carotid Intima-media Thickness: A Community-based Study

 

Overall

Deep/infratentorial CMBs

Strictly lobar CMBs

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Top quartile IMT versus lower three quartile IMT, model 1*

1.8

1.1–2.8

0.013

2.5

1.4–4.3

0.001

0.9

0.5–1.8

0.765

Top quartile IMT versus lower three quartile IMT, model 2†

1.6

1.0–2.3

0.037

2.1

1.3–3.4

0.004

0.9

0.5–1.8

0.921

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, cigarette smoking, and obesity), coronary artery disease, and chronic kidney disease. †Adjusted for age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, cigarette smoking, and obesity), coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and other cerebral small vessel diseases (lacune and white matter hyperintensity).
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