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 4

Association between brachial artery FMD and cerebral lesions.

ParameterNumber of patientsFMD
OR95% CI value

Lacunar brain infarcts0.22
 Yes9
 No53
Periventricular WMHs0.880.80–0.97<0.01
 Yes18
 No44
Deep WMHs0.910.85–0.98<0.05
 Yes28
 No34