Clinical Study
Carotid Atherosclerosis as a Surrogate Maker of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetic Patients
Table 2
Relationship between various confounding factors and CVD.
| | Characteristics | Pearson’s
correlation coefficient
( value) | Multiple linear regression analysis
β ( value) |
| | Male gender, % | 0.149 (0.014) | 0.197 (0.006) | | Age (years) | 0.238 (<0.001) | 0.090 (0.165) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 0.062 (0.313) | 0.033 (0.587) | | Smoking status (pack·year) | 0.102 (0.092) | −0.009 (0.896) | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | −0.052 (0.389) | −0.103 (0.136) | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | −0.079 (0.198) | 0.016 (0.822) | | Antihypertensive medication (%) | 0.285 (<0.001) | 0.194 (0.001) | | Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | −0.045 (0.460) | 0.024 (0.725) | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | −0.033 (0.590) | −0.132 (0.059) | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | −0.148 (0.015) | −0.191 (0.001) | | Lipid-lowering medication (%) | 0.298 (<0.001) | 0.284 (<0.001) | | Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | −0.106 (0.082) | −0.057 (0.296) | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | −0.170 (0.005) | −0.058 (0.312) | | Carotid IMT (mm) | 0.353 (<0.001) | 0.259 (<0.001) |
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Data for smoking status, triglycerides, and fasting plasma glucose were skewed and log transformed for analysis.
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