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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neurol Scand. 2015 Sep 10;133(6):442–450. doi: 10.1111/ane.12482

Table 2. Unadjusted logistic regression and C-statistics for the association of CVD Risk factors and risk scores with stroke.

Risk Factors and Risk scores Odds ratio (95% C I) p C-statistics (95% CI) p
Age 1.05(1.04-1.07) <0.001 0.67(0.62-0.72) <0.001
Sex (male) 1.62(1.13-2.32) 0.01 0.56(0.51-0.61) 0.02
Total cholesterol 1.03(1.03-1.04) <0.001 0.86(0.81-0.90) <0.001
HDL cholesterol 1.04(1.01-1.07) 0.02 0.63(0.52-0.75) 0.02
Systolic Blood pressure 0.99(0.99-1.00) 0.05 0.56(0.51-0.62) 0.03
Diastolic Blood pressure 0.99(0.98-1.00) 0.40 0.63(0.52-0.75) 0.02
Smoking 1.17(0.58-2.36) 0.66 0.51(0.45-0.56) 0.84
Alcohol 2.77(1.45-5.32) 0.002 0.63(0.53-0.68) 0.01
Diabetes 1.91(1.13-3.21) 0.02 0.54(0.49-0.60) 0.10
FRS* 1.00(0.94-1.06) 0.89 0.56(0.44-0.67) 0.39
ORS 1.02(0.95-1.10) 0.53 0.54(0.41-0.67) 0.55
Right CIMT 8.01(2.96-21.72) <0.001 0.63(0.56-0.69) <0.001
Left CIMT 13.98(4.98-39.26) <0.001 0.67(0.61-0.73) <0.001
Average CIMT 20.04(6.24-64.23) <0.001 0.66(0.60-0.73) <0.001
Conventional Risk Factors (CRF) 0.83(0.68-0.97) 0.003
CRF with Right CIMT 0.84(0.65-1.00) 0.005
CRF with Left CIMT 0.85(0.69-1.00) 0.004
CFR with Average CIMT 0.87(0.80-0.94) <0.001

CIMT- Carotid intima media thickness

FRS*- Framingham risk score FRS without calibration factor

ORS- Omnibus risk score

CRF- Conventional Risk Factors (age, sex, alcohol, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure)