Table 2.

Univariate predictors of any and large (≥4mm) aortic arch plaque

	Any plaque			Large plaque
	OR	95%CI	P	OR	95%CI	P
Age	1.05	1.03–1.07	<0.0001	1.11	1.08–1.15	<0.0001
Male	1.19	0.86–1.65	0.29	0.82	0.48–1.40	0.46
Race/ethnicity
Black (vs.White)	0.77	0.41–1.42	0.39	0.86	0.34–2.17	0.75
Hispanic (vs.White)	0.73	0.44–1.21	0.22	0.65	0.30–1.40	0.27
Cigarette Smoking	1.35	0.99–1.85	0.06	2.14	1.27–3.60	<0.01
Diabetes mellitus	0.86	0.62–1.21	0.38	0.69	0.39–1.22	0.20
Hypertension	1.7	1.19–2.44	<0.01	3.07	1.49–6.32	<0.01
Hypercholesterolemia	0.96	0.69–1.33	0.8	1.43	0.83–2.47	0.20
Carotid bifurcation plaque	1.83	1.32–2.52	<0.01	3.51	2.03–6.07	<0.0001
Normal dipping status*	0.87	0.63–1.20	0.38	0.66	0.38–1.14	0.14
Anti-hypertensive medication use	1.41	1.00–2.00	0.051	2.38	1.25–4.52	<0.01
24hr mean HR	0.99	0.98–1.01	0.45	1.00	0.97–1.03	0.76
Mean HR daytime	0.99	0.98–1.01	0.28	0.99	0.97–1.02	0.55
Mean HR nighttime	1.00	0.98–1.02	0.95	1.01	0.98–1.04	0.39
24hr mean SBP	1.29	1.09–1.52	<0.01	1.53	1.16–2.02	<0.01
24hr mean DBP	1.00	0.86–1.18	0.96	1.00	0.76–1.30	0.97
SBP nocturnal decline	0.90	0.77–1.06	0.20	0.75	0.57–0.98	<0.05
DBP nocturnal decline	0.99	0.85–1.16	0.89	0.92	0.70–1.22	0.57
Mean SBP daytime	1.22	1.04–1.44	<0.05	1.35	1.04–1.76	<0.05
Mean DBP daytime	0.98	0.84–1.14	0.79	0.99	0.77–1.28	0.97
Mean SBP night time	1.27	1.07–1.50	<0.01	1.58	1.19–2.08	<0.01
Mean DBP night time	0.98	0.84–1.15	0.83	1.02	0.79–1.33	0.88
SBP daytime variability	1.39	1.17–1.65	<0.01	1.50	1.17–1.94	<0.01
DBP daytime variability	1.14	0.97–1.34	0.12	1.11	0.84–1.45	0.47
SBP night time variability	1.22	1.03–1.44	<0.05	1.72	1.31–2.25	<0.001
DBP night time variability	1.05	0.90–1.23	0.53	1.05	0.80–1.38	0.71

^*more than 10% decline from awake values

All odds ratios are for 1 standard deviation change.