Association of Apolipoprotein E Gene Polymorphism with Lipid Profile and Ischemic Stroke Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 4

Bivariate analysis of variables related to ischemic stroke in T2DM.

Variables	T2DM + IS (n = 30) (%)	T2DM (n = 30) (%)	OR (95% CI)
Hypertension
Yes	20 (71.4)	8 (28.6)	5.5 (1.81–16.68)	0.002
No	10 (31.3)	22 (68.8)
Smoking habits
Yes	17 (70.8)	7 (29.2)	4.3 (1.41–13.07)	0.008
No	13 (36.1)	23 (63.9)
2-hour plasma glucose
High	21 (42.9)	28 (57.1)	0.17 (0.03–0.85)	0.020
Normal	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)
TC
High	16 (66.7)	8 (33.3)	3.14 (1.07–9.27)	0.035
Normal	14 (38.9)	22 (61.1)
LDL-C
High	19 (65.5)	10 (34.5)	3.46 (1.19–9.99)	0.020
Normal	11 (35.5)	20 (64.5)
ε4 vs. ε3 carriers
ε4 carriers	14 (63.6)	8 (36.4)	2.19 (0.69–6.93)	0.181
ε3 homozygotes	12 (44.4)	15 (55.6)

Statistically significant difference ().