Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for the risk factors of diseases in atherosclerotic patients (n = 253).

From: Aortic calcification correlates with pseudoaneurysm or penetrating aortic ulcer of different etiologies

 

Coefficient

OR

95% CI for OR

p

Risk factors of pseudoaneurysm or PAU

 Hypertension

1.261

3.529

1.535–8.113

0.003

 Smoking

1.167

3.211

1.457–7.076

0.004

Peripheral artery disease

1.767

5.853

2.434–14.074

 < 0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

 − 0.995

0.370

0.164–0.836

0.017

 Calcification percentage

  Long-arch: 0–1/3

0.488

1.630

0.654–4.063

0.295

  Long-arch: 1/3–2/3

2.583

13.231

3.275–53.457

 < 0.001

  Long-arch: 2/3–1

0.706

2.027

0.453–9.067

0.355

  Long-descending: 0–1/3

2.138

8.484

3.020–23.831

 < 0.001

  Long-descending: 1/3–2/3

0.750

2.118

0.670–6.691

0.201

  Long-descending: 2/3–1

1.613

5.018

1.054–23.892

0.043

  Cross-infrarenal: 0–1/4

2.175

8.804

1.747–44.360

0.008

  Cross-infrarenal: 1/4–1/2

 − 0.281

0.755

0.224–2.548

0.651

  Cross-infrarenal: 1/2–3/4

0.423

1.527

0.475–4.911

0.478

  Cross-infrarenal: 3/4–1

 − 1.160

0.313

0.115–0.853

0.023

Risk factors of AAS

 Age

 − 0.065

0.937

0.896–0.981

0.005

 Calcification percentage

  Long-descending: 0–1/3

1.026

2.790

0.974–7.995

0.056

  Long-descending: 1/3–2/3

1.539

4.662

1.669–14.025

0.003

  Long-descending: 2/3–1

1.584

4.875

1.701–13.969

0.003

  1. Backward conditional method was used for logistic regression. The model had an AUC of 0.887 in ROC analysis.
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