Table 2.

Univariate Poisson Regression.

Number of enhancing vessel segments	βvalue (95% CI)	p value
Age	0.02 (0.01–0.03)	<0.0001*
Sex†	0.59 (0.33–0.87)	<0.0001*
Body Mass Index	0.009 (−0.006–0.02)	0.25
Hypertension††	1.33 (0.98–1.70)	<0.0001*
Diabetes Mellitus‡	0.75 (0.53–0.98)	<0.0001*
Hyperlipidemia§	0.50 (0.27–0.73)	<0.0001*
Smoking History	−0.10 (−0.33–0.14)	0.43
Primary angiitis of the CNS||	0.87 (0.62–1.12)	<0.0001*

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval.

*p ≤ 0.05.

^†1 = Male, 0 = Female.

^††1 = Hypertension, 0 = No hypertension.

^‡1 = Diabetes mellitus, 0 = No Diabetes mellitus.

^§1 = Hyperlipidemia, 0 = No hyperlipidemia.

^||1 = PACNS, 0 = No PACNS.