Research Article

Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI

Table 3

Association between aortic arch PWV and cerebral lesions.

ParameterNumber of patientsPWV
OR95% CI value

Lacunar brain infarcts1.651.08–2.53<0.05
 Yes9
 No53
Periventricular WMHs1.581.10–2.27<0.05
 Yes18
 No44
Deep WMHs1.531.07–2.17<0.05
 Yes28
 No34