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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: Vasc Med. 2009 Nov;14(4):339–349. doi: 10.1177/1358863X09104222

Table 6.

Multivariate Analysis of Demographic and Baseline Characteristics as Potential Risk Factors for Venous Valvular Incompetence

Characteristic Venous Valvular
Incompetence in Left Leg
Only
Venous Valvular
Incompetence in Right Leg
Only
Venous Valvular
Incompetence in Either Leg

-------------------------------------- OR (95% CI) -----------------------------------

DVT Same Leg 4.8 (2.8, 8.4) 3.1 (1.7, 5.7) 3.9 (2.6, 6.0)
DVT Opposite
Leg
1.7 (0.9, 3.3) 2.2 (1.2, 4.0) 2.0 (1.3, 3.1)
Age at Visit Δ per 10 years 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 1.0 (0.8, 1.1)
Male 1.4 (0.8, 2.3) 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) 1.4 (0.9, 2.2)
Time Since Event Δ per 5 years
   10 vs 5 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) 1.0 (0.7, 1.4)
   15 vs 10 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) 1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
   20 vs 15 1.2 (0.95, 1.5) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 1.2 (0.96, 1.4)
   25 vs 20 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) 1.2 (0.9, 1.8)
Varicose Veins 2.3 (1.2, 4.3)* 2.1 (1.1, 4.0)* 2.2 (1.3, 3.6)
Prior Venous
Stasis Syndrome
2.4 (0.8, 7.0) 4.8 (1.6, 14.3) 3.4 (1.5, 8.0)
*

p-value<0.05

p-value<0.01

p-value<0.001