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

Table 2

Factors associated with the progression of periventricular hyperintensity (PVH) grades using median values of PUFA.

Factors	PVH
	Estimate	SE	Chi-square	value
Age	−0.1534	0.0194	62.48	<0.0001
Female sex	−0.8844	0.2775	10.16	0.0014
Hypertension	−0.6569	0.2730	5.79	0.0161
Dyslipidemia	−0.1749	0.2612	0.45	0.5032
Diabetes	−0.5092	0.3536	2.07	0.1498
Smoking	−0.5132	0.2859	3.22	0.0726
ICA plaque	−0.5532	0.2748	4.05	0.0441
EPA/AA < 0.38	−1.1522	0.3072	14.06	0.0002
DHA/AA < 0.84	−0.4061	0.2994	1.84	0.1750