Research Article

Clinical Utility of Serum Holotranscobalamin Measurements in Patients with First-Ever Ischemic Stroke

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis results for predicting ischemic stroke.

VariablesUnivariableMultivariable
coefficient (SE)OR (95% CI) coefficient (SE)OR (95% CI)

holoTC (pmol/L)-0.004 (0.002)0.996 (0.993–0.999)<0.01>0.05
Total vitamin B12 (pg/mL)-0.001 (0.001)0.999 (0.998–1.000)0.01>0.05
holoTC/total vitamin B12 (%)-0.410 (0.011)0.960 (0.938–0.981)<0.01-0.450 (0.013)0.956 (0.932–0.981)<0.01
Homocysteine (μmol/L)0.270 (0.049)1.310 (1.190–1.442)<0.010.251 (0.051)1.285 (1.163–1.421)<0.01
Hemoglobin A1c (%)0.503 (0.133)1.653 (1.274–2.144)<0.01>0.05
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)0.014 (0.004)1.014 (1.006–1.021)<0.010.015 (0.004)1.015 (1.007–1.024)<0.01
Triglyceride (mg/dL)>0.05
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)>0.05
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)>0.05
BMI (kg/m2)0.152 (0.042)1.164 (1.073–1.263)<0.010.118 (0.046)1.125 (1.029–1.231)0.01

Abbreviations: SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval; holoTC: holotranscobalamin; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; BMI: body mass index. Calculated after unifying the units for total vitamin B12 and holotranscobalamin.