Leukoaraiosis Is a Chronic Atherosclerotic Disease

Table 3

Risk factors and carotid ultrasonography characteristics by severity of WMCs.

Advanced WMCs
	No	Yes	𝑃-value
	(𝑛=121)	(𝑛=49)
Age, years	63.6±13.4	73.1±10.8	<0.001
Male gender	62.0	59.2	0.734
BMI, kg/m^2	27.1±4.6	26.4±4.1	0.373
Diabetes mellitus, %	26.4	32.7	0.415
Hypertension, %	57.0	77.1	0.015
Hyperlipidemia, %	46.3	47.9	0.848
Current smoker, %	29.1	19.1	0.192
Ever smoker, %	56.8	52.1	0.581
Mean IMT*, mm	0.81±1.12	0.87±1.13	0.003
Carotid plaque/s, %	64.9	87.5	0.004
Within Lacunar strokes, %	68.5	31.5	0.834

WMC indicates white matter changes; IMT: intima-media thickness.
*Data were logarithmically transformed before analysis, presented is the geometric mean (SD).