Contralateral Occlusion Increases the Risk of Neurological Complications Associated with Carotid Endarterectomy

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of the role of age >74 years and brain lesion by side in 1639 primary carotid revascularizations.

	OR	95% CI
CO + >74 years	11.54	4.08–32.62	<0.0001
Control group + >74 years	0.57	0.25–1.29	0.17
CO + >74 years + contralateral brain lesion	40.92	5.61–298.05	<0.0001
CO + >74 years + ipsi- or bilateral brain lesion	19.95	1.77–224.56	0.0006
CO + >74 years + brain lesion overall	28.68	7.76–105.93	<0.0001

CO: contralateral carotid occlusion.