Table 2.

Linear regression analysis for prediction of z-score at baseline.

	Coefficient	95% C.I.	p
Age	−0.1514065	−0.25; −0.05	0.003
Hypertension	−0.1155479	−1.57; 1.34	0.875
Hypercholesterolemia	0.5500091	−0.73; 1.83	0.397
Diabetes mellitus	0.2200304	−1.17; 1.61	0.755
BMI	−0.1115516	−0.25; 0.03	0.113
GSM	0.0954297	0.05; 0.14	<0.0001
NASCET	0.0003074	−0.03; 0.03	0.983

BMI: body mass index; GSM: grayscale median; NASCET: North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial.