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04 February 2022: Clinical Research

Blood Pressure Rhythm and Blood Pressure Variability as Risk Factors for White Matter Lesions: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dong Zhang 1ABCDEF* , Mingli He 2ABCDG* , Qing He 1DEG* , Zeheng Li 3DEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.933880

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e933880

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of Fazekas grades and various factors.

VariablesUnivariateMultivariate
OR (95% CI)P valueOR(95% CI)P value
Age1.103 (1.050–1.160)1.083 (1.027–1.142)0.003
SBPCV1.556 (1.282–1.888)1.589 (1.273–1.983)
DBPCV1.374 (1.183–1.596)1.363 (1.150–1.616)
SBPDNR0.823 (0.754–0.899)0.815 (0.729–0.910)
DBPDNR0.906 (0.853–0.963)0.0010.895 (0.831–0.964)0.003
MSCBF(F3)1.0001.000
 F21.334 (1.154–1.542)1.378 (1.141–1.665)0.001
 F11.648 (1.388–1.957)1.739 (1.399–2.162)
 F01.795 (1.500–2.148)1.847 (1.476–2.310)
MPCBF(F3)1.0001.000
 F21.308 (1.127–1.518)1.272 (1.078–1.502)0.004
 F11.748 (1.439–2.124)1.824 (1.446–2.301)
 F01.926 (1.574–2.357)1.991 (1.565–2.532)
SBPCV – systolic blood pressure coefficient of variation; DBPCV – diastolic blood pressure coefficient of variation; DBPDNR – diastolic blood pressure day/night ratio; MSCBF – bilateral mean subcortical local cerebral blood flow; MPCBF – bilateral mean paraventricular cerebral blood flow; F – Fazekas grade.

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