Table 4.

Multinomial and ordinal logistic regression results for each retinal disease phenotype, comparing higher scores on the cumulative brain microvascular disease with the lowest possible scores. Adjusted as in Table 2. Odds ratios (95% CI) are displayed. A score of 0–3 is the reference group.

	Multinomial logistic regression				Unadjusted ordinal logistic regression	Adjusted Ordinal logistic regression
Retinal finding	Score 0–3	Score 5–6	Score 8–9	Score 11–14	OR per higher category	OR per higher score category
Any retinopathy	1.0	0.86 (0.25–2.97)	3.57 (1.26–10.13)	4.21 (1.54–11.45)	2.78 (1.63–4.73)	3.18 (1.71–5.89)
AV nicking	1.0	0.57 (0.25–1.29)	1.04 (0.50–2.17)	2.31 (1.26–4.26)	2.65 (1.78–3.94)	1.93 (1.24–3.02)
Focal Arteriolar Narrowing	1.0	1.71 (0.91–3.21)	2.45 (1.29–4.65)	2.08 (1.12–3.86)	1.92 (1.35–2.73)	1.76 (1.19–2.59)
CRAE/10	1.0	1.00 (0.96–1.04)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	0.98 (0.94–1.02)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	0.98 (0.96–1.01)
CRVE/10	1.0	0.99 (0.95–1.04)	1.01 (0.97–1.05)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	1.00 (0.98–1.02)	1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Microaneurysms	1.0	0.34 (0.05–2.19)	3.24 (0.78–13.38)	3.39 (0.89–12.88)	2.59 (1.29–5.21)	3.06 (1.33–7.07)
Retinal Hemorrhage	1.0	0.92 (0.18–4.74)	2.55 (0.58–11.21)	4.20 (1.07–16.52)	2.85 (1.34–6.06)	3.02 (1.27–7.20)