Predictors for High-Risk Carotid Plaque in Asymptomatic Korean Population
Table 3
Predictors of high-risk plaque.
(95% CI of )
value
A. The highest quartile of cPS
Age (years)
0.052 (0.035-0.069)
0.255
<0.001
HbA1c (%)
0.182 (0.058-0.306)
0.121
0.004
Gender (,)
0.477 (0.138-0.816)
0.118
0.006
Hypertension (mmHg)
0.369 (0.031-0.707)
0.090
0.032
A-1. For diabetic patients
Age (years)
0.054 (0.028-0.081)
0.239
<0.001
HbA1c (%)
0.265 (0.087-0.443)
0.170
0.004
Hypertension (mmHg)
0.683 (0.179-1.188)
0.154
0.008
OR
95% CI of OR
value
B. Irregular plaque
Two plaques (Ref. single plaque)
4.810
2.029-11.402
<0.001
Three plaques
8.621
3.272-22.716
<0.001
C. Hypoechoic plaque
≥70 years (Ref. 40-49 years)
0.186
0.050-0.692
0.012
(A) Multiple regression analysis. The predictors of the highest quartile of cPS. (A-1) The predictors of the highest quartile of cPS for diabetic patients. Higher HbA1c was a strong predictor. (B, C) Multivariate logistic regression analysis. cPS: carotid plaque score; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; : unstandardized coefficient; : standardized beta; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
