Research Article
Incremental Value of Plaque Enhancement in Patients with Moderate or Severe Basilar Artery Stenosis: 3.0 T High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Study
Table 3
Univariate analysis of posterior ischemic stroke event with BA stenosis > 50%.
| Variable | OR | 95% CI | |
| Age | 0.930 | (0.862, 1.003) | 0.060 | Male gender | 1.853 | (0.532, 6.454) | 0.333 | Hypertension | 0.769 | (0.256, 2.309) | 0.640 | Hyperlipidemia | 2.625 | (0.627, 10.990) | 0.187 | Diabetes | 1.200 | (0.418, 3.441) | 0.734 | Smoking | 3.077 | (1.025, 9.235) | 0.045 | Severe stenosis | 0.833 | (0.278, 2.500) | 0.745 | Eccentric plaque | 0.338 | (0.064, 1.795) | 0.203 | Focal thickening | 2.434 | (0.027, 2.235) | 0.212 | Enhancement | 5.318 | (1.610, 17.563) | 0.006 | IPH | 1.474 | (0.493, 4.401) | 0.487 |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; IPH: intraplaque hemorrhage.
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