Table 5.

Linear regression analysis for prediction of z-score at follow-up.

	Coefficient	95% C.I.	p
Age	−0.21112	−0.37; −0.05	0.013
Hypertension	−2.39924	−5.19; 0.39	0.09
Hypercholesterolemia	0.753556	−1.42; 2.93	0.489
Diabetes mellitus	0.694924	−1.19; 2.58	0.462
BMI	0.054576	−0.16; 0.27	0.618
GSM	0.1117	0.03; 0.19	0.006
NASCET	0.039326	−0.04; 0.12	0.316

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