Skip to main content

Table 3 Simple and multiple regression logistics between confounder factors with outcomes

From: Relationship of spontaneous microembolic signals to risk stratification, recurrence, severity, and mortality of ischemic stroke: a prospective study

Variables

Simple regression (univariate analysis)

Multiple regression (multivariate analysis)

mRS 0–2

Death

Recurrence

mRS 0–2

Death

Recurrence

n (%)

P

n (%)

P

n (%)

P

P

OR (CI95%)

P

OR (IC95%)

P

OR (CI95%)

Sex

 

0.548

 

0.851

 

1.000

      

 Male

44 (62.9)

 

11 (15.7)

 

3 (2.4)

       

 Female

23 (56.1)

 

7 (17.1)

 

1 (4.3)

       

Age (years)

0.002

0.005

0.986

0.036

0.96 (0.92–1.0)

0.014

1.07 (1.01–1.12)

  

Race

 

0.366

 

0.187

 

1.000

      

 Caucasian

52 (57.8)

 

17 (18.9)

 

4 (4.4)

       

 Non-Caucasian

15 (75.7)

 

1 (5.0)

 

0

       

Hypertension

 

0.132

 

0.46

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 93)

59 (63.4)

 

13 (14.0)

 

4 (4.3)

       

 No (n = 18)

8 (44.4)

 

5 (27.8)

 

0

       

NIHSS at admission

< 0.001

<0.001

0.295

0.000

0.80 (0.73–0.87)

0.000

1.16 (1.07–1.26)

  

Prior mRS

0.014

0.876

NC

0.002

0.31 (0.14–0.66)

    

Hemorrhagic transformation

 

0.111

 

0.317

 

1.000

      

 Yes

2 (28.6)

 

2 (28.6)

 

0

       

 No

65 (62.5)

 

16 (15.4)

 

4 (3.8)

       

Smoking

 

0.002

 

0.158

 

0.623

0.054

2.83 (0.98–8.15)

    

 Yes (n = 60)

44 (73.3)

 

7 (11.7)

 

3 (5.0)

       

 No

23 (45.1)

 

11 (21.6)

 

1 (2.0)

       

Obesity

 

0.680

 

1.000

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 6)

3 (50.0)

 

1 (16.7)

 

0

       

 No (n = 105)

64 (61.0)

 

17 (16.2)

 

4 (3.8)

       

Diabetes

 

0.206

 

0.280

 

0.295

      

 Yes (n = 30)

21 (70.0)

 

3 (18.5)

 

2 (6.7)

       

 No (n = 81)

46 (56.8)

 

15 (10.0)

 

2 (2.5)

       

Dyslipidemia

 

0.182

 

0.298

 

0.110

      

 Yes (n = 17)

13 (76.5)

 

1 (5.9)

 

2 (11.8)

       

 No (n = 94)

54 (57.4)

 

17 (18.1)

 

2 (2.1)

       

Chagas disease

 

0.710

 

0.350

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 8)

4 (50.0)

 

0

 

0

       

 No (n = 103)

63 (61.2)

 

18 (17.5)

 

4 (3.9)

       

Prior stroke

 

0.122

 

0.523

 

0.099

      

 Yes (n = 36)

18 (50.0)

 

7 (19.4)

 

3 (8.3)

       

 No (n = 75)

49 (65.3)

 

11 (14.7)

 

1 (1.3)

       

Prior AMI

 

0.287

 

1.000

 

0.345

      

 Yes (n = 11)

5 (45.5)

 

2 (18.2)

 

1 (9.1)

       

 No (n = 100)

62 (62.0)

 

16 (16.0)

 

3 (3.0)

       

CAD

 

0.879

 

0.687

 

0.057

      

 Yes (n = 12)

7 (58.3)

 

1 (8.3)

 

2 (16.7)

       

 No (n = 99)

60 (60.6)

 

17 (17.2)

 

2 (2.0)

       

Depression

 

1.000

 

0.587

 

0.202

      

 Yes (n = 6)

4 (60.6)

 

0

 

1 (16.7)

       

 No (n = 105)

63 (50.0)

 

18 (17.1)

 

3 (2.9)

       

Wake-up stroke

 

0.943

 

1.000

 

0.512

      

 Yes (n = 18)

11 (61.1)

 

3 (16.7)

 

1 (5.6)

       

 No (n = 93)

56 (60.2)

 

15 (16.1)

 

3 (3.2)

       

Carotid dissection

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 2)

1 (60.6)

 

0

 

0

       

 No (n = 109)

66 (50.0)

 

18 (16.5)

 

4 (3.7)

       

Carotid atheromatous

 

0.550

 

0.708

 

0.445

      

 Yes (n = 15)

8 (53.3)

 

3 (20.0)

 

1 (6.7)

       

 No (n = 96)

59 (61.5)

 

15 (15.6)

 

3 (3.1)

       

Symptomatic carotid

 

0.326

 

1.000

 

0.512

      

 Yes (n = 18)

9 (50.0)

 

3 (16.7)

 

1 (5.6)

       

 No (n = 93)

58 (62.4)

 

15 (16.1)

 

3 (3.2)

       

Intracranial stenosis

 

0.400

 

1.000

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 6)

5 (83.3)

 

1 (16.7)

 

0

       

 No (n = 105)

62 (59.0)

 

17 (16.2)

 

4 (3.8)

       

Atrial flutter

 

0.648

 

0.512

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 4)

2 (50.0)

 

1 (25.0)

 

0

       

 No (n = 107)

65 (60.7)

 

17 (15.9)

 

4 (3.7)

       

Atrial fibrillation

 

0.004

 

0.012

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 29)

11 (37.9)

 

9 (31.0)

 

1 (3.4)

       

 No (n = 82)

56 (68.3)

 

9 (11.0)

 

3 (3.7)

       

Aortic arch

 

1.000

 

0.299

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 2)

1 (50.0)

 

1 (50.0)

 

0

       

 No (n = 109)

66 (60.6)

 

17 (15.6)

 

4 (3.7)

       

Cardiac heart failure

 

0.155

 

0.299

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 2)

0

 

1 (50.0)

 

0

       

 No (n = 109)

67 (61.5)

 

17 (15.6)

 

4 (3.7)

       

PFO

 

0.155

 

1.000

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 2)

0

 

0

 

0

       

 No (n = 109)

67 (61.5)

 

18 (16.5)

 

4 (3.7)

       

Extracardiac shunt

 

0.396

 

0.162

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 1)

0

 

1 (100.0)

 

0

       

 No (n = 110)

67 (61.5)

 

17 (15.5)

 

4 (3.6)

       

Thrombolysis

 

0.751

 

0.021

 

1.000

      

 Yes (n = 26)

21 (70.0)

 

8 (30.8)

 

1 (3.8)

       

 No (n = 85)

46 (56.8)

 

10 (11.8)

 

3 (3.5)

       

MES

        

0.547

  

16.83 (2.01–141)

 Number of MES

            

 0

62 (60%)

0.429

16 (15.5%)

0,154

2 (1.9%)

0.017

      

 1

3 (100%)

 

0 (0%)

 

1 (33%)

       

 3

1 (50%)

 

0 (0%)

 

1 (50%)

       

 5

1 (33%)

 

2 (66%)

 

0 (0%)

       
  1. NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, AMI acute myocardial infarction, CAD coronary artery disease, CHF cardiac heart failure, PFO patent foramen ovale, NC not confounder for stroke recurrence