Research Article
Common Carotid Artery Diameter and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women
Table 3
Univariate linear regression showing the association of demographic and cardiovascular risk factors with common carotid artery diameter.
| | Interadventitial diameter | Lumen diameter | | β (Std error) | value | β (Std error) | value |
| Current HT use | −0.157 (0.048) | 0.001 | −0.132 (0.043) | 0.002 | Age, years | 0.017 (0.008) | 0.037 | 0.005 (0.007) | 0.460 | African American race | −0.187 (0.076) | 0.014 | −0.067 (0.068) | 0.326 | Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 0.007 (0.002) | <0.0001 | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.049 | Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 0.003 (0.003) | 0.410 | 0.001 (0.003) | 0.796 | Pulse pressure, mmHg | 0.010 (0.002) | <0.0001 | 0.004 (0.002) | 0.025 | Body mass index, kg/m2 | 0.031 (0.006) | <0.0001 | 0.021 (0.006) | 0.0001 | Weight, kg | 0.013 (0.002) | <0.0001 | 0.009 (0.002) | <0.0001 | Height, cm | 0.016 (0.004) | <0.0001 | 0.012 (0.004) | 0.001 | Waist circumference, cm | 0.009 (0.002) | <0.0001 | 0.007 (0.002) | 0.001 | Cholesterol, mg/dL | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.435 | 0.000 (0.001) | 0.532 | HDL cholesterol, mg/dL | −0.000 (0.002) | 0.991 | 0.000 (0.002) | 0.830 | LDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.338 | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.396 | Triglycerides, mg/dL | −0.000 (0.000) | 0.631 | −0.000 (0.000) | 0.406 | Glucose, mg/dL | 0.009 (0.003) | 0.001 | 0.006 (0.002) | 0.013 | Insulin, mg/dL | 0.012 (0.004) | 0.001 | 0.009 (0.003) | 0.006 | Current cigarette smoker | −0.205 (0.098) | 0.037 | −0.116 (0.088) | 0.184 | Antihypertensive medication use | 0.132 (0.057) | 0.020 | 0.088 (0.050) | 0.083 |
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Std: standard. HDL: high density lipoprotein. LDL: low density lipoprotein.
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