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Likelihood ratios of risk factors in patients with significant and nonsignificant carotid artery disease (CAD).
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Pattern of intervention in the significant group, treated group (dark black bars), and nontreated group (dotted bars).
Tables
- Table 1
Frequency of various risk factors in the whole group and significant carotid artery disease (CAD) and nonsignificant CAD subgroups.
Carotid artery Group Risk factors Nonsignificant group Significant group P-value n=395 n=40 n (%) Gender Male 248 (62.78) 25 (62.5) 0.972 Female 147 (37.22) 15 (37.5) Diabetes Yes 245 (62.03) 31 (77.5) 0.053 No 150 (37.97) 9 (22.5) Obesity Yes 162 (41.01) 9 (22.5) 0.022 No 233(58.99) 31 (77.5) Smoking Yes 72 (18.22) 10 (25.0) 0.298 No 323 (81.78) 30 (75.0) Prior stroke Yes 65 (16.46) 8 (20) 0.298 No 330 (83.54) 32 (80) Dyslipidemia Yes 149 (37.72) 18 (45) 0.367 No 246 (62.28) 22 (55) Migraine Yes 5 (1.27) 1 (2.5) 0.4414 No 390 (98.73) 39 (97.5) Hypertension Yes 282 (71.39) 33 (82.5) 0.134 No 113 (28.61) 7 (17.5) Ischemic heart disease Yes 56 (14.18) 8 (20) 0.322 No 339 (85.82) 32 (80) Transient ischemic attack Yes 10 (2.53) 2 (5) 0.304 No 385 (97.47) 38 (95) - Table 2
A comparison of risk factors in patients with significant and nonsignificant carotid artery disease (CAD).
Parameter Analysis of Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimates DF Estimate Standard Error Wald chi-square Pr > chi-square Odds ratio(95% confidence intervals) Gender Female vs. Male 1 0.5363 0.3941 1.8518 0.1736 1.71 (0.76-3.77) Diabetes Yes vs. No 1 0.5828 0.4132 1.9898 0.1584 1.79 (0.81-4.28) Obesity Yes vs. No 1 -1.0310 0.3931 6.8782 0.0087 0.36 (0.15-0.76) Smoking Yes vs. No 1 0.6932 0.4250 2.6612 0.1028 2.00 (0.84-4.58) Prior stroke Yes vs. No 1 0.3198 0.4374 0.5346 0.4647 1.38 ((0.55-3.16) Dyslipidemia Yes vs. No 1 0.3369 0.3418 0.9713 0.3244 1.40 (0.71-2.76) Migraine Yes vs. No 1 0.9752 1.0577 0.8501 0.3565 2.65 (0.25-15.33) Hypertension Yes vs. No 1 0.4218 0.4593 0.8434 0.3584 1.53 (0.63-4.05) Ischemic heart disease Yes vs. No. 1 0.2843 0.4339 0.4295 0.5122 1.33 (0.54-3.01) Transient ischemic attack Yes vs. No 1 0.6300 0.7940 0.6297 0.4275 1.88 (0.33-7.43) Atrial fibrillation Yes vs. No 1 0.8909 0.6420 1.9259 0.1652 2.44 (0.60-7.67)
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