The Association between Cerebral White Matter Lesions and Plasma Omega-3 to Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Ratio to Cognitive Impairment Development

Table 1

Factors associated with the progression of deep and subcortical white matter hyperintensity (DSWMH) grades using median values of PUFA.

Factors	DSWMH
	Estimate	SE	Chi-square	value
Age	−0.1217	0.0176	47.59	<0.0001
Female sex	−0.9703	0.2650	13.41	0.0003
Hypertension	−0.8629	0.2567	11.30	0.0008
Dyslipidemia	−0.1569	0.2447	0.41	0.5215
Diabetes	−0.3323	0.3353	0.98	0.3216
Smoking	−0.1907	0.2697	0.50	0.4795
ICA plaque	−0.9129	0.2608	12.25	0.0005
EPA/AA < 0.38	−1.4752	0.2900	25.88	<0.0001
DHA/AA < 0.84	−0.2798	0.2772	1.02	0.3128