Table 2. Independent predictors of ischemic stroke in patients with BD.

Variables	Crude HR (95% CI)	p	Adjusted HRa (95% CI)	p
Age	1.057 (1.035–1.080)	< 0.001	1.030 (1.003–1.058)	0.028
Male	1.021 (0.512–2.037)	0.952	0.841 (0.408–1.736)	0.640
Hypertension	6.980 (3.319–14.682)	< 0.001	3.672 (1.474–9.148)	0.005
Diabetes mellitus	4.249 (2.084–8.664)	< 0.001	1.862 (0.873–3.975)	0.108
Valvular heart disease	1.077 (0.257–4.509)	0.919	0.511 (0.112–2.322)	0.385
Congestive heart failure	8.859 (3.368–23.304)	< 0.001	2.476 (0.884–6.993)	0.084
Hyperlipidemia	2.719 (1.262–5.858)	0.011	0.898 (0.387–2.084)	0.802
Behçet’s disease	2.690 (1.338–5.409)	0.005	2.768 (1.376–5.570)	0.004

BD, Behçet’s disease; HR, Hazards ratio; CI, Confidence interval

^aAfter adjustment for age, male sex, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease, congestive heart failure, hyperlipidemia, and Behçet’s disease