Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of variables associated with plaque vulnerability in studied patients aged ≤ 60 years old.

Variables	B	S.E.	Wald	p-value	OR (95% CI)
High Lp-PLA2	2.288	0.708	10.431	0.001	9.854 (2.458–39.501)
TC	−1.149	0.987	1.356	0.244	0.317 (0.046–2.193)
TG	−0.446	0.344	1.679	0.195	0.640 (0.326–1.257)
HDL	−3.912	1.579	6.141	0.013	0.020 (0.001–0.441)
LDL	1.050	1.229	0.730	0.393	2.858 (0.257–31.791)
APOB	0.481	0.191	6.363	0.012	1.618 (1.113–2.352)
APOA	−0.242	0.365	0.438	0.508	0.785 (0.384–1.606)
LPa	−0.020	0.024	0.649	0.420	0.981 (0.935–1.029)
NIHSS	−0.056	0.087	0.418	0.518	0.945 (0.797–1.121)
HBP	1.323	0.883	2.247	0.134	3.755 (0.666–21.177)
DM	0.586	0.717	0.668	0.414	1.797 (0.441–7.321)
Smoke	1.567	0.612	6.567	0.010	4.793 (1.446–15.891)
Sex, male	0.916	0.747	1.505	0.220	2.499 (0.578–10.794)

TC, total cholesterol; TG, total triglycerides; HDL, high density lipoproteins; LDL, low density lipoproteins; APOA, apolipoprotein A; APOB, apolipoprotein B; LPa, lipoprotein a; NIHSS, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; HBP, high blood pressure; DM, diabetes mellitus.