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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 3. Adjusted logistic regression for the CVD Risk factors showing the odds ratio for having stroke.

Risk factors and Risk scores Adjusted Odds of having stroke AOR(95% CI) (with calibration factor) p R2
AOR for CIMT
Sex (male) 0.74 (0.34 - 1.60) 0.45 0.35
Age 1.02 (0.98 - 1.06) 0.43
Diabetes 0.92 (0.29 - 2.90) 0.89
Total Cholesterol 1.03 (1.02 - 1.04) <0.001
Systolic Blood Pressure 0.99 (0.97 - 1.00) 0.12
Average CIMT 11.71 (1.65 - 83.07) 0.01
AOR for FRS
Sex (male) ** ** #
Age 1.46(0.80-2.64) 0.22
Diabetes ** **
Total Cholesterol 1.09(0.98-1.210 0.10
Systolic Blood pressure 1.35(0.86-2.14) 0.20
FRS ** **
AOR for FRS*
Sex (male) 0.37(0.08-1.84) 0.23 0.05
Age 0.97(0.91-1.02) 0.25
Diabetes 1.29(0.31-5.46) 0.73
Total Cholesterol 1.01(1.00-1.02) 0.12
Systolic Blood pressure 1.01(0.98-1.04) 0.51
FRS* 1.03(0.89-1.19) 0.68
AOR for ORS
Sex (male) 0.79(0.17-3.66) 0.76 0.06
Age 0.95(0.88-1.02) 0.17
Diabetes 2.02(0.33-12.57) 0.45
Total Cholesterol 1.01(1.00-1.02) 0.08
Systolic Blood pressure 1.00(0.97-1.04) 0.84
ORS 1.08(0.90-1.30) 0.41

AOR – Adjusted odds ratio

CIMT- Carotid intima media thickness

FRS- Framingham risk- score

FRS*- Results for FRS without calibration factor

ORS- Omnibus risk score

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- Distorted results

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- Estimate not reliable due to distorted results