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. 2019 Nov 14;14(11):e0225322. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225322

Table 2. Multivariate logistic regression results for small vessel disease before SMR adjustment.

Variables All cerebral SVD WMH CMB Silent lacunar infarct
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
p-value Odds ratio
(95% CI)
p-value Odds ratio
(95% CI)
p-value Odds ratio
(95% CI)
p-value
NAION 4.81 (2.68–8.66) <0.001 4.50 (2.53–8.01) <0.001 2.23 (1.05–5.17) 0.04 2.22 (1.07–4.61) 0.033
Age (yr) 1.07 (1.06–1.08) <0.001 1.08 (1.07–1.09) <0.001 1.03 (1.02–1.05) <0.001 1.07 (1.05–1.09) <0.001
Sex (men) 0.80 (0.66–0.96) 0.016 0.73 (0.60–0.88) 0.001 1.26 (0.918–1.74) 0.168 1.07 (0.82–1.40) 0.623
Hypertension 1.89 (1.58–2.25) <0.001 1.91 (1.59–2.29) <0.001 1.78 (1.31–2.42) <0.001 2.15 (1.65–2.79) <0.001
Diabetes 1.24 (0.99–1.56) 0.062 1.25 (0.99–1.58) 0.057 0.95 (0.64–1.40) 0.794 1.38 (1.02–1.87) 0.039
Dyslipidemia 0.94 (0.73–1.21) 0.625 0.99 (0.77–1.29) 0.990 1.01 (0.65–1.56) 0.967 1.05 (0.72–1.53) 0.789
Smoking 0.96 (0.78–1.18) 0.680 0.90 (0.73–1.12) 0.357 1.18 (0.80–1.73) 0.410 1.07 (0.77–1.49) 0.687

SMR: standardized mortality ratio; SVD: small vessel disease; WMH: white matter hyperintensities; CMB: cerebral microbleeds; CI: confidence interval; NAION: nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy