Research Article

Role of Blood Stasis Syndrome of Kampo Medicine in the Early Pathogenic Stage of Atherosclerosis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Multiple logistic regression analysis for FMD as a dependent variable and BS syndrome, IGT, and DLP as independent variables (n = 41).

VariablesOR95% CI value

BS syndrome≥216.261.17–33.520.03
<21Reference

IGTYes4.120.73–23.060.11
NoReference

DLPYes0.750.10–5.490.78
NoReference

FMD: flow-mediation dilation; BS: blood stasis; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; DLP: dyslipidemia; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. FMD < 5%.