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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 10 Predictors for carotid plaques

From: Assessment of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque formation among patients with ischemic stroke and hepatitis C virus infection

 

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P value

Sex (male)

2.76 (2.41–3.15)

0.01*

Smoking

1.06 (0.92–1.22)

0.08

Dyslipidaemia

1.01 (0.30–1.36)

0.13

hypertension

1.37 (0.86–2.18)

0.17

Diabetes mellitus

1.24 (0.92–1.68)

0.15

Hepatitis C virus

5.61 (2.06–15.26)

< 0.001**

  1. Odds ratio derived from logistic regression analysis including all the variables
  2. CI confidence interval
  3. *Statistically significant P < 0.05
  4. **Statistically highly significant P < 0.001
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