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Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2013 Aug 8;44(10):10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001447. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001447

Table 2.

Association of serum BDNF and logVEGF and risk of stroke/TIA

Case/N			Stroke/TIA (193/3440)
Case/N			HR [95% CI]	P
BDNF	Per SD	Model A	0.87 [0.75–1.01]	0.07
	Per SD	Model B	0.87 [0.75–1.01]	0.07
	Q1	Model A	1.00	REF
	Q2		0.78 [0.55–1.12]	0.18
	Q3		0.51 [0.34–0.78]	0.002
	Q4		0.69 [0.47–1.03]	0.07
	Q1vsQ2–Q4	Model A	1.51 [1.11–2.03]	0.008
	Q1vsQ2–Q4	Model B	1.47 [1.09–2.00]	0.012
logVEGF	Per SD	Model A	1.21 [1.05–1.40]	0.009
logVEGF	Per SD	Model B	1.21 [1.04–1.40]	0.012

Model A: adjusted for age and sex

Model B: adjusted for systolic blood pressure, prevalent CVD, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, current smoking