Common Carotid Artery Diameter and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women

Table 4

Multivariable linear regression of factors associated with common carotid artery diameter.

	Interadventitial diameter		Lumen diameter
	β (Std error)	𝑃 value	β (Std error)	𝑃 value
Current HT use	−0.137 (0.047)	0.004	−0.125 (0.043)	0.004
Age, years	0.013 (0.008)	0.106	0.003 (0.007)	0.630
African American race	−0.049 (0.074)	0.503	0.033 (0.068)	0.623
Pulse pressure, mmHg	0.008 (0.002)	0.0002	0.003 (0.002)	0.081
Weight, kg	0.012 (0.002)	<0.0001	0.009 (0.002)	<0.0001
Current cigarette smoker	−0.180 (0.093)	0.052	−0.106 (0.085)	0.214

Std: standard.