Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography predicts cardiovascular events after TIA

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 2 Univariate analysis of variables possibly associated with new vascular events

	Cerebral ischemic event		Cardiovascular ischemic event		Cerebral/cardiovascular ischemic event or vascular/unknown death
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Age	1.03	0.99-1.06	1.04	0.99-1.10	1.04	1.01-1.07
Sex, female	1.13	0.49-2.62	0.93	0.23-3.76	1.18	0.56-2.45
Hypertension	0.99	0.39-2.51	-*	-*	1.20	0.54-2.68
Diabetes	2.11	0.83-5.35	5.00	1.40-17.86	1.85	0.82-4.17
Hyperlipidemia	0.57	0.24-1.34	2.51	0.65-9.70	0.51	0.24-1.10
Body mass index > 30	0.30	0.04-2.24	1.06	0.21-5.26	0.52	0.15-1.76
Nicotine abuse	1.30	0.57-2.94	0.99	0.27-3.69	1.06	0.53-2.12
Atrial fibrillation	0.94	0.28-3.17	-*	-*	1.02	0.35-2.93
Coronary artery disease	0.59	0.18-1.99	2.27	0.62-8.24	0.96	0.41-2.24
Cardiac failure	3.39	1.00-11.55	2.77	0.34-22.63	3.97	1.51-10.45
Peripheral artery disease	7.64	2.96-19.71	-*	-*	7.42	3.25-16.94
DWI abnormality	1.23	0.51-2.93	0.59	0.12-2.85	0.84	0.37-1.90
Duration	1.04	1.00-1.10	0.92	0.79-1.08	1.03	0.99-1.08
Duration ≥ 1 h and/or DWI abnormality	0.76	0.31-1.89	0.69	0.17-2.76	0.91	0.40-2.07
Vertebrobasilar TIA	0.17	0.02-1.24	1.33	0.32-5.46	0.39	0.12-1.30
ECD: stenoocclusion	4.39	1.93-9.99	3.73	1.05-13.31	4.18	2.04-8.59
TCD: abnormal	4.99	1.97-12.62	9.62	2.46-37.68	5.13	2.26-11.67

ISSN: 1471-2342