Table 3.

Correlations between the RC and other variables

Variables	Correlation coefficient	P value
Age Max-cIMT Mean cIMT RDW Fasting glucose Systolic BP Diastolic BP LDL-C HDL-C Total cholesterol Triglycerides Non-HDL-C AI	0.03 0.119 0.116 0.073 0.213 0.166 0.217 0.245 -0.555 0.329 0.833 0.562 0.743	0.211 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

The Spearman correlation analysis was used to determine the correlations between RC and other continuous variables, including age, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, RDW, Max-cIMT, Mean-cIMT, systolic BP, diastolic BP, LDL-C, HDL-C, Non-HDL-C, AI

Abbreviations: cIMT carotid intima-media thickness,RDW red cell distribution width, BP blood pressure, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, AI atherosclerosis index