Table 3 Association of fibrinogen with silent brain infarcts, and periventricular and subcortical white matter lesions
Silent brain infarctsOR (95% CI)Periventricular white matter lesions OR (95% CI)Subcortical white matter lesions OR (95% CI)
Log transformed fibrinogen per SD1.03 (0.88–1.22)0.98 (0.84–1.14)0.94 (0.81–1.09)
1st quartile1.00 (ref)1.00 (ref)1.00 (ref)
2nd quartile1.47 (0.90–2.33)0.85 (0.55–1.33)1.13 (0.74–1.71)
3rd quartile1.43 (0.89–2.31)1.00 (0.65–1.54)1.03 (0.68–1.57)
4th quartile1.07 (0.65–1.74)0.88 (0.57–1.37)0.83 (0.54–1.27)

  • OR and 95% CI adjusted for age and sex.