Table 2 Prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% CI* between dichotomous clinical variables and lesion counts of frontal cortex MVPs, microinfarcts, and total brain infarcts
From: A neuropathologic feature of brain aging: multi-lumen vascular profiles
Clinical history (mostly by self-report) | MVPs in frontal cortex | Microinfarcts | Total brain infarcts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI |
Myocardial infarction | 1.58 | (0.745, 3.33) | 0.98 | (0.48, 2.009) | 1.34 | (0.595, 3.038) |
Chronic heart failure | 0.89 | (0.449, 1.765) | 1.42 | (0.705, 2.85) | 0.98 | (0.431, 2.237) |
Hypertension | 1.91 | (0.908, 4.026) | 0.67 | (0.232, 1.937) | 1.91 | (0.673, 5.437) |
Stroke | 0.75 | (0.355, 1.592) | 3.88 | (1.824, 8.249) | 3.19 | (1.607, 6.34) |
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) | 0.81 | (0.304, 2.176) | 1.16 | (0.451, 3) | 1.69 | (0.706, 4.051) |
Brain trauma | 2.07 | (1.094, 3.924) | 1.22 | (0.545, 2.725) | 2.19 | (0.938, 5.123) |
Diabetes | 1.25 | (0.608, 2.582) | 2.50 | (1.272, 4.903) | 2.87 | (1.414, 5.812) |
Angina pectoralis | 1.04 | (0.485, 2.249) | 0.54 | (0.184, 1.574) | 1.03 | (0.499, 2.107) |
Peripheral vascular disease | 1.66 | (0.842, 3.271) | 1.97 | (0.888, 4.377) | 1.55 | (0.622, 3.859) |
Coronary artery bypass graft | 2.48 | (0.802, 7.687) | 1.41 | (0.476, 4.173) | 1.06 | (0.337, 3.332) |
Smoking | 1.52 | (0.747, 3.093) | 1.03 | (0.353, 2.987) | 0.62 | (0.276, 1.401) |