Hypertriglyceridemia Is Associated with Reduced Leukoaraiosis Severity in Patients with a Small Vessel Stroke
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of patients according to the severity of leukoaraiosis.
PVH
SWMLs
0
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
Age, y
52 (4.8)
63.2 (0.6)
71 (10.1)
75.2 (8.8)
<0.001
58.3 (9.5)
68.8 (10.7)
72.6 (9.4)
74.3 (10)
<0.001
Sex, female
21.4
37.7
32.4
34.7
0.684
24
28.8
33.3
31.6
0.768
DM
28.6
27.5
31.1
26.5
0.948
22.0
28.8
35.6
28.9
0.545
HTN
78.6
71.0
67.6
81.6
0.347
70.0
60.3
84.4
86.8
0.005
CHD
7.1
4.30
4.1
8.2
0.744
4.0
4.1
11.1
2.6
0.271
Smoking
42.9
43.5
41.9
30.6
0.511
36
41.1
46.7
34.2
0.63
Taking statins
7.1
5.8
6.8
10.9
0.738
6
6.8
4.4
15.8
0.22
Higher TG
57.1
39.1
28.4
16.3
0.008
50
30.1
24.4
15.8
0.004
Higher TC
21.4
17.4
12.2
10.2
0.555
26
9.6
15.6
5.3
0.022
Higher HDL
57.1
55.1
56.8
61.2
0.928
50
60.3
53.3
65.8
0.43
Higher LDL
14.3
14.5
17.6
12.2
0.875
24
11
15.6
10.5
0.195
Severity of leukoaraiosis is measured according to the total score on the Fazekas scale. Age is represented by the mean of years (SD) in each subgroup. The other variables are represented by the percent of individuals who qualified for this variable in each subgroup. DM: diabetes mellitus; CHD: coronary heart disease; HTN: hypertension.
