Hypertriglyceridemia Is Associated with Reduced Leukoaraiosis Severity in Patients with a Small Vessel Stroke

Table 3

Associations between lipid profiles and severity of leukoaraiosis in multivariate models (adjustment for age).

	PVH			SWMLs
	OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Age	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sex	1.06	0.53–2.1	0.877	1.39	0.71–2.73	0.338
DM	0.84	0.47–1.51	0.561	1.21	0.69–2.15	0.508
HTN	1.27	0.69–2.32	0.438	2.4	1.31–4.42	0.005
CHD	0.9	0.28–2.91	0.87	0.89	0.88–2.82	0.847
Prior stroke	6.01	2.8–12.91	<0.001	3.42	1.69–6.94	0.001
Smoking	0.62	0.32–1.18	0.144	0.9	0.48–1.68	0.731
Taking statins	0.82	0.29–2.3	0.705	0.98	0.36–2.65	0.969
TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/l versus <1.7 mmol/l	0.34	0.19–0.63	0.001	0.37	0.2–0.67	0.001
TC ≥ 5.18 mmol/l versus <5.18 mmol/l	0.42	0.14–1.21	0.109	0.45	0.16–1.3	0.139
HDL ≥ 2.04 mmol/l versus <2.04 mmol/l	1.22	0.7–2.12	0.484	1.73	1.01–3	0.05
LDL ≥ 3.37 mmol/l versus <3.37 mmol/l	1.97	0.71–5.44	0.192	1.05	0.39–2.84	0.916

OR: odds ratio.