Fig. 1.
Associations between adipokines and cIMT in both sexes-combined, females, and males. Associations between adipokines and cIMT (continuous) from the fully adjusted linear mixed effects model (Model 5) are demonstrated on the forest plot. Beta coefficients and 95% confidence interval indicate the increase of cIMT levels by every 1-SD increase of adipokines [1-SD: 21.5 ug/mL for adiponectin, 15.3 ng/mL for leptin, 16.5 ng/mL for resistin, 1.15 for LAR, 0.31 for ARI]. Results for sexes-combined and sex-stratified analyses are shown. Significant interaction by sex (p for interaction < 0.1) is indicated (*)