Patient Characteristics Can Influence the Incidence of Perioperative Microemboli during Carotid Artery Interventions

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of incidence of microemboli in all patients who received either CEA or CAS.

Variable	Multivariate regression analysis
	value	OR	95% CI
Carotid intervention; (CAS versus CEA)	0.13	2.13	0.81–5.63
Diabetes	0.10	0.54	0.26–1.13
Hypertension	0.03	3.90	1.18–12.90
Obesity	0.71	1.18	0.49–2.88
CAD	0.49	1.32	0.60–2.89
COPD	0.41	0.73	0.35–1.54
Atrial fibrillation	0.10	0.47	0.19–1.15
Smoking	0.001	3.39	1.64–7.01
Preop TIA	0.04	2.13	1.05–4.36
Plaque calcification	0.46	1.39	0.58–3.31

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.