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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Aug 10;78(6):562–571. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.041

Table 4:

Risk of vascular events per intracranial large artery stenosis category in adjusted models.

Any
death
Vascular
death
Myocardial
Infarction
Ischemic
stroke
Cardioembolic
Stroke
Intracranial
small or
large
disease
Stroke,
myocardial
infarction,
or vascular
death
Number
of events
454 200 61 122 39 36 324
HR, 95%
CI
HR, 95%
CI
HR, 95% CI HR, 95% CI HR, 95% CI HR, 95% CI HR, 95% CI
Cox proportional models
No stenosis Referent group
<50% stenosis 0.95,
0.77-1.17
0.90,
0.65-1.25
1.22,
0.71-2.09
1.06,
0.69-1.62
0.92,
0.75-1.13
1.40,
0.67-2.89
1.04,
0.81-1.32
50-70% stenosis 1.24,
0.77-1.99
1.53,
0.81-2.89
0.49,
0.07-3.69
1.59,
0.65-3.90
1.05,
0.65-1.69
2.10,
0.45-9.68
1.09,
0.62-1.92
>70% stenosis 1.31,
0.91-1.90
1.60,
0.96-2.65
1.22,
0.40-3.56
1.50,
0.69-3.26
1.22,
0.85-1.76
3.60,
1.17-11.14
1.52,
1.003-2.31
Fine & Gray competing risk models
No stenosis Referent group
<50% stenosis - 0.8,
0.6-1.1
1.2,
0.6-2.2
1.0,
0.7-1.6
0.9,
0.5-1.9
1.4,
0.6-2.8
1.0,
0.8-1.3
50-70% stenosis - 1.7,
0.8-3.4
0.6,
0.1-5.0
2.1,
0.8-5.1
2.4,
0.6-9.3
2.4,
0.5-10.7
1.3,
0.7-2.3
>70% stenosis - 1.4,
0.8-2.4
0.8,
0.2-4.1
1.8,
0.8-3.7
1.1,
0.3-3.9
3.9,
1.2-12.5
1.7,
1.1-2.5

Abbreviations:

Model adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, prevalent risk factors at the time of MRI (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and smoking), self-reported medications to treat vascular risks at the time of MRI, use of oral antiplatelets or anticoagulants at the time of MRI, established PMD care at the time of MRI.