Table 4 Correlation between risk factors and type of carotid plaques in male and female patients
Male patients | Female patients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unstable plaques | Stable plaques | Multivariate analysis | Unstable plaques | Stable plaques | Multivariate analysis | |||
N = 187 | N = 86 | p | OR (95% CI) | N = 66 | N = 51 | p | OR (95% CI) | |
Age, mean (SD) | 70.4 (7.2) | 68.8 (6.9) | 0.03 | 0.96 (0.92–1.00) | 70.5 (7.31) | 69.7 (7.44) | 0.42 | 1.02 (0.97–1.08) |
Hypertension | 146 (78.1%) | 43 (50.0%) | 0.001 | 0.27 (0.15–0.49) | 54 (81.8%) | 28 (54.9%) | 0.005 | 0.29 (0.12–0.69) |
Diabetes | 45 (24.1%) | 20 (23.3%) | 0.68 | 1.15 (0.59–2.23) | 18 (27.3%) | 11 (21.6%) | 0.65 | 0.81 (0.32–2.04) |
Smoking habit | 117 (62.6%) | 58 (67.4%) | 0.19 | 1.50 (0.82–2.75) | 28 (42.9%) | 24 (47.1%) | 0.54 | 1.20 (0.58–2.85) |
Dyslipidemia (high LDL-C) | 128 (68.4%) | 46 (53.5%) | 0.06 | 0.58 (0.32–1.07) | 50 (75.8%) | 33 (64.7%) | 0.43 | 0.71 (0.30–1.66) |
Obesity | 28 (15.0%) | 3 (3.5%) | 0.01 | 5.06 (1.42–18.11) | 8 (12.1%) | 4 (7.8%) | 0.92 | 0.93 (0.25–3.52) |