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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Feb 19;31(5):106388. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106388

Table 5.

Weighteda odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of brain MRI markers (2011–2013) by carotid plaque status (1990–1992), ARIC-NCS

Plaque Absent Plaque Present
(n=1322) (n=473)

Any Infarcts
N events 309 136
Model 1 Reference 1.20 (0.95, 1.53)
Model 2 Reference 1.14 (0.89, 1.45)
Lacunar Infarcts
N events 225 94
Model 1 Reference 1.07 (0.82, 1.40)
Model 2 Reference 1.03 (0.78, 1.36)
Cortical Infarcts
N events 130 58
Model 1 Reference 1.18 (0.86, 1.64)
Model 2 Reference 1.11 (0.80, 1.55)
Any Microbleeds
N events 316 116
Model 1 Reference 1.03 (0.80, 1.32)
Model 2 Reference 0.99 (0.77, 1.28)
Subcortical Microbleeds
N events 258 92
Model 1 Reference 0.97 (0.74, 1.27)
Model 2 Reference 0.94 (0.72, 1.24)
Lobar Microbleeds
N events 110 46
Model 1 Reference 1.24 (0.86, 1.79)
Model 2 Reference 1.15 (0.79, 1.67)
a

Inverse probability weighting was used.

Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, race/center, education, APOE ε4

Model 2: adjusted for model 1 plus body mass index, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, antihypertensive medications, diabetes