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. 2020 Apr 22;17:124. doi: 10.1186/s12974-020-01813-5

Table 2.

Plasma biomarkers predicting stroke and ICH

Stroke at baseline ICH at baseline Incident stroke Incident ICH
aOR (95% CI)* p value aOR (95% CI)* p value HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value
NfL 2.02 (1.063.87) 0.03 1.17 (0.76–1.81) 0.48 1.93 (1.193.13) 0.01 2.39 (1.214.70) 0.01
GFAP 2.51 (0.92–6.89) 0.07 2.06 (1.263.35) 0.004 1.62 (0.92–2.85) 0.09 2.80 (1.216.53) 0.02
Tau 1.52 (0.85–2.71) 0.15 1.23 (0.76–1.99) 0.40 0.74 (0.37–1.47) 0.39 1.36 (0.61–3.04) 0.45
UCHL1 1.28 (0.72–2.28) 0.39 1.74 (0.995–3.06) 0.05 1.42 (0.80–2.52) 0.23 1.61 (0.86–3.02) 0.14

Numbers in bold indicate statistical significance

aOR adjusted odds ratio, GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein, HR hazard ratio, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, NfL neurofilament light chain, UCHL1 ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1

*Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, and hypertension. Cox regression models adjusted after age, sex, and history of intracerebral hemorrhage at baseline