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

Table 4

Associations between lipid profiles and severity of leukoaraiosis in multivariate models.

	PVH			SWMLs
	OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Age	1.11	1.08–1.14	<0.001	1.1	1.06–1.13	<0.001
Sex	0.95	0.47–1.92	0.879	1.35	0.67–2.7	0.401
DM	0.84	0.46–1.54	0.565	1.29	0.71–2.32	0.401
HTN	1.09	0.58–2.04	0.795	2.32	1.24–4.34	0.009
CHD	0.6	0.17–2.09	0.419	0.58	0.17–1.93	0.373
Smoking	1.17	0.59–2.31	0.651	1.68	0.86–3.27	0.127
Taking statins	1.04	0.35–3.03	0.95	1.35	0.26–2.07	0.567
TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/l versus <1.7 mmol/l	0.49	0.26–0.93	0.029	0.49	0.48–3.7	0.027
TC ≥ 5.18 mmol/l versus <5.18 mmol/l	0.45	0.15–1.36	0.156	0.58	0.192–1.73	0.328
HDL ≥ 2.04 mmol/l versus <2.04 mmol/l	1.01	0.57–1.8	0.97	1.51	0.86–2.64	0.153
LDL ≥ 3.37 mmol/l versus <3.37 mmol/l	2.37	0.81–6.9	0.113	1.02	0.99–2.8	0.974

OR: odds ratio.