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. 2017 May;38(5):862–867. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5129

Table 1:

Hazard ratios between perivascular spaces and outcome eventsa

All Deaths Vascular Death Myocardial Infarction Any Stroke Any Vascular Event
Small PVS score
    Continuously 1.01, 0.98–1.04 1.06, 1.01–1.11 1.03, 0.98–1.08 1.04, 0.98–1.10 1.04, 1.01–1.07
    Categorically
    First tertile Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
    Second tertile 0.72, 0.53–0.96 1.13, 0.68–1.87 2.21, 1.10–4.45 0.96, 0.54–1.72 1.23, 0.86–1.75
    Third tertile 0.95, 0.71–1.27 1.34, 0.80–2.23 1.81, 0.89–3.71 1.51, 0.88–2.57 1.38, 0.97–1.98
Large PVS score
    Continuously 0.99, 0.90–1.10 0.99, 0.89–1.10 1.10, 0.93–1.04 1.07, 0.88–1.28 1.08, 0.97–1.21
    Categorically
        ≤1 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
        ≥2 1.02, 0.77–1.36 1.03, 0.77–1.67 1.40, 0.83–2.36 0.99, 0.60–1.61 1.07, 0.78–1.48
a

Models are adjusted for head size, motion artifacts, age, sex, ethnicity, vascular risk factors at MRI and during follow-up (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and smoking), prior cardiac disease, and body mass index. Data are hazard ratios and 95% CIs.