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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 9 Predictors for intima-media thickness

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)

1.01 (0.72–1.42)

0.95

Smoking

1.20 (1.03–1.41)

< 0.05*

Dyslipidaemia

1.02 (0.92–1.13)

0.72

hypertension

1.02 (0.79–1.33)

0.85

Diabetes mellitus

1.01 (0.87–1.17)

0.91

Hepatitis C virus

2.07 (1.50–2.85)

< 0.0001**

  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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