The Interaction Effect between Blood Stasis Constitution and Atherosclerotic Factors on Cognitive Impairment in Elderly People

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of cognitive impairment as a function of atherosclerotic factors and blood-stasis.

Items	OR (95% CI)	P-value
RBC	0.530 (0.343-0.817)	0.004
HB	0.980 (0.967-0.993)	0.003
BaPWV
<14 Normal	1.00
≥14 Atherosclerosis	1.441 (0.982-2.115)	0.062
ABI
1.0~1.3 Normal	1.00
0.9~1.0 Critical	1.747 (1.160-2.629)	0.008
≤0.9 Arteriostenosis	2.199 (1.112-4.347)	0.023
≥1.3 Atherosclerosis	1.132 (0.495-2.587)	0.769
Blood stasis
Absence	1.00
Tendency	1.056 (0.600-1.857)	0.850
Presence	1.808 (1.022-3.202)	0.042

Note: data after adjustment for sociodemographic factors including sex, age, smoking, education level, and exercise habit.