Carotid Intima Media Thickness Reference Intervals for a Healthy Argentinean Population Aged 11–81 Years
Table 4
Sex-related common carotid intima media thickness (A-CIMT) comparison: analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) adjusting by age and other cardiovascular risk factors.
CIMT before adjustment
CIMT after adjustment
Covariates appearing in the model are evaluated at the
following values
value
value
95% CI Lower limit
95% CI Upper limit
Age years
Total cholesterol mg/dl
Glycemia
Triglycerides
BMI
SBP
DBP
Male
0.753
0.037
0.570
0.584
41.91
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Female
0.557
0.574
Male
0.753
0.039
0.570
0.584
41.91
155.49
82.131
73.96
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Female
0.557
0.574
Male
0.753
0.322
0.568
0.582
41.91
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24.1218
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Female
0.560
0.578
Male
0.753
0.402
0.568
0.581
41.91
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119.23
73.21
Female
0.561
0.578
A-CIMT: average between left and right common carotid intima media thickness values. BMI: body mass index. SBP and DBP: systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. MV: mean value. SD: standard deviation. SE: standard error. CI: confidence interval. was considered statistically significant.