Research Article
Cerebral Microinfarcts Are Common in Undiagnosed Lung Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study
Table 3
Comparison between positive CMI
in DWI
to negative DWI scans for CMI in all cohorts.
| | Positive CMI patients, (%) | Negative CMI patients, (%) | value | value for binary logical regression | | |
| | Demographic data | | | Age () | | | 0.09 | — | | Gender, female | 10 (45%) | 823 (62%) | 0.08 | — | | Comorbidities | | | Hypertension | 15 (68%) | 656 (50%) | 0.56 | — | | Diabetes mellitus | 10 (45%) | 358 (27%) | 0.13 | — | | Atrial fibrillation | 4 (18%) | 95 (7%) | 0.11 | — | | Congestive heart failure | 0 | 52 (4%) | 0.62 | — | | Myocardial infarction | 7 (32%) | 129 (10%) | <0.01 | 0.25 | | Stroke | 0 | 25 (2%) | 1 | — | | Smoking | 15 (68%) | 641 (48%) | 0.17 | — | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 (9%) | 145 (11%) | 1 | — | | Carotid artery disease | 2 (9%) | 54 (4%) | 0.23 | — | | Aortic aneurysm | 1 (5%) | 18 (1%) | 0.27 | — | | Other CSVD features | | | Cerebral microbleeds () | | | <0.01 | 0.038 | | Lacunes () | | | 0.02 | 0.37 | | White matter hyperintensities | | | | | | 0 | 2 (9%) | 393 (30%) | 0.08 | 0.47 | | 1 | 9 (41%) | 571 (43%) | | 2 | 5 (23%) | 218 (16%) | | 3 | 6 (27%) | 144 (11%) |
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CMI: cerebral microinfarcts; DWI: diffusion weighted imaging in MRI; CSVD: cerebral small vessel disease. |
