Research Article

Carotid Intima Media Thickness Reference Intervals for a Healthy Argentinean Population Aged 11–81 Years

Table 3

Correlations between A-CIMT and subjects demographic, anthropometric, and blood characteristics.

A-CIMT

Age [years]
0.76
value0.00
Sex (1: male; 0: female)
−0.01
value0.75
BMI [Kg./m2]
0.32
value0.00
SBP [mmHg]
0.23
value0.00
DBP [mmHg]
0.39
value0.00
MBP [mmHg]
0.34
value0.00
Glycemia [mg/dl]
0.06
value0.05
Total cholesterol [mg/dl]
−0.13
value0.00
Triglycerides [mg/dl]
0.07
value0.02

A-CIMT: average between left and right common carotid intima media thickness values. SBP, MBP, DBP, and PP: systolic pulse pressure, mean pulse pressure, diastolic pulse pressure, and pulse pressure. was considered statistically significant.