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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun 1;104(4):1325–1331. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.082

Table 5.

Grade of atheroma and mortality, further adjusted for cerebrovascular accident

ASCENDING AORTA DESCENDING AORTA
VARIABLE Categories Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P-value Hazard Ratio (95% CI) P-value
GRADE
Mild 1.11 (0.99 to 1.25) 0.08 1.34 (1.12 to 1.61) .002
Moderate 1.35 (1.16 to 1.57) <.001 1.63 (1.35 to 1.97) <.001
Severe 1.80 (1.44 to 2.25) <.001 1.98 (1.61 to 2.44) <.001

Shown are the hazard ratios for atheroma in the ascending and descending aorta from the regression model in Table 4, when further adjusted for CVA. Minimal attenuation is noted.