Table 2 Correlation between risk factors and type of carotid plaques in all cases
Unstable plaques | Stable plaques | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 253 | N = 137 | p | p | OR (95% CI) | |
1st model | |||||
Age, mean (SD) | 70.0 (7.3) | 69.4 (7.0) | 0.90 | 0.20 | 0.98 (0.95–1.01) |
Gender | |||||
M | 187 (73.9%) | 86 (62.8%) | 0.03 | 0.007 | 1.96 (1.20–3.18) |
F | 66 (26.1%) | 51 (37.2%) | |||
Hypertension | 200 (79.1.5%) | 71 (51.8%) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.29 (0.18–0.47) |
Diabetes | 63 (24.9%) | 31 (22.6%) | 0.71 | 0.97 | 1.01 (0.59–1.72) |
Smoking habit | 145 (57.3%) | 82 (59.9%) | 0.67 | 0.19 | 1.37 (0.85–2.20) |
Dyslipidemia (high LDL-C) | 178 (70.4%) | 79 (57.7%) | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.63 (0.39–1.01) |
Obesity | 36 (14.2%) | 7 (5.1%) | 0.006 | 0.03 | 2.58 (1.08–6.19) |
2nd model | |||||
Metabolic syndrome | 96 (38.1%) | 27 (19.7%) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 2.55 (1.61–4.90) |
Metabolic syndrome without obesity | 62 (24.5%) | 21 (15.3%) | 0.006 | 0.006 | 1.48 (0.86–2.31) |
Metabolic syndrome with obesity | 33 (13.0%) | 6 (4.4%) | 0.001 | 0.003 | 3.97 (1.81–6.22) |