Table 2.
Factors associated with the progression of periventricular hyperintensity (PVH) grades using median values of PUFA.
| Factors | PVH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | Chi-square | P value | |
| Age | −0.1534 | 0.0194 | 62.48 | <0.0001 |
| Female sex | −0.8844 | 0.2775 | 10.16 | 0.0014 |
| Hypertension | −0.6569 | 0.2730 | 5.79 | 0.0161 |
| Dyslipidemia | −0.1749 | 0.2612 | 0.45 | 0.5032 |
| Diabetes | −0.5092 | 0.3536 | 2.07 | 0.1498 |
| Smoking | −0.5132 | 0.2859 | 3.22 | 0.0726 |
| ICA plaque | −0.5532 | 0.2748 | 4.05 | 0.0441 |
| EPA/AA < 0.38 | −1.1522 | 0.3072 | 14.06 | 0.0002 |
| DHA/AA < 0.84 | −0.4061 | 0.2994 | 1.84 | 0.1750 |