Table 1. Multivariate analysis with covariate adjustment between the patients with ischemic stroke and healthy controls.

	Odds ratio	95% CIa	p-valueb
Sodium excretion	1.007	1–1.014	0.0522
Age	1.159	1.104–1.217	<0.0001
Gender	0.901	0.407–1.993	0.7968
Hypertension	4.844	2.213–10.606	<0.0001
Diabetes	1.306	0.439–3.887	0.6308
Cardiovascular disease	0.45	0.137–1.48	0.1887

^aCI, confidence interval.

^bp-values were calculated based on a multivariate logistic regression model with covariates adjustment.