Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors Comparison of Anterior and Posterior Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Table 2

ORs and 95% CIs of ICAS for 3600 individuals free of stroke.

Risk factorsAnterior circulationPosterior circulation
Crude OR and 95% CIFully adjusted OR and 95% CICrude OR and 95% CIFully adjusted OR and 95% CI

Age (<65 vs. ≥65 years old)1.79 (1.48∼2.17)1.18 (0.93∼1.47)3.37 (2.46∼4.61)2.16 (1.48∼3.15)
Gender (male vs. female)0.89 (0.73∼1.07)0.88 (0.66∼1.17)1.07 (0.80∼1.43)1.04 (0.68∼1.61)
Hypertension (no vs. yes)1.99 (1.65∼2.41)1.79 (1.40∼2.27)3.35 (2.49∼4.50)2.54 (1.76∼3.69)
Diabetes (no vs. yes)1.76 (1.42∼2.17)1.35 (1.04∼1.75)2.42 (1.80∼3.25)1.71 (1.19∼2.46)
Hyperlipidemia (no vs. yes)1.12 (0.93∼1.36)1.05 (0.83∼1.32)1.52 (1.13∼2.04)1.49 (1.04∼2.16)
History of CAD (no vs. yes)2.00 (1.32∼3.01)1.23 (0.71∼2.12)3.72 (2.30∼6.00)1.86 (0.97∼3.56)
Smoking status
NeverReferenceReferenceReferenceReference
Current smoker1.06 (0.84∼1.34)1.00 (0.71∼1.39)0.97 (0.68∼1.39)1.25 (0.75∼2.08)
Ex-smoker1.38 (1.02∼1.88)1.22 (0.81∼1.83)1.19 (0.74∼1.91)1.02 (0.54∼1.92)
Normal weightReferenceReferenceReferenceReference
Underweight0.83 (0.35∼1.97)1.19 (0.45∼3.13)0.61 (0.15∼2.57)0.96 (0.22∼4.20)
Overweight1.01 (0.83∼1.23)0.93 (0.73∼1.18)0.82 (0.61∼1.11)0.61 (0.42∼0.88)
Obese0.87 (0.63∼1.20)0.61 (0.40∼0.92)0.69 (0.42∼1.15)0.33 (0.17∼0.65)
Hyperuricaemia (no vs. yes)1.31 (1.02∼1.68)1.17 (0.87∼1.58)1.65 (1.17∼2.33)1.07 (0.69∼1.67)
Hyperhomocysteinemia (no vs. yes)0.99 (0.80∼1.22)0.94 (0.74∼1.18)1.04 (0.76∼1.44)0.94 (0.66∼1.34)
hi-CRP(mg/dl)
1st tertile (≤0.70)ReferenceReferenceReferenceReference
2nd tertile (0.71–1.80)0.77 (0.61∼0.98)1.02 (0.77∼1.35)0.84 (0.58∼1.20)1.07 (0.68∼1.67)
3rd tertile (>1.80)0.98 (0.78∼1.22)1.27 (0.97∼1.67)1.37 (1.00∼1.89)1.69 (1.12∼2.56)
UMA (no vs. yes)1.21 (0.99∼1.47)1.27 (0.97∼1.67)1.59 (1.19∼2.12)1.23 (0.87∼1.75)

Population with neither ICAS nor stroke was the reference group, and the frequencies of risk factors are listed in Supplementary Table S3.