Table 2.

 Relation between cardiovascular risk factors and IMT

	Women			Men
	B	95% CI	β	B	95% CI	β
Age per 1 year increase	0.0057	0.005 to 0.007***	0.304	0.0081	0.007 to 0.009***	0.421
Hypertension	0.0548	0.036 to 0.073***	0.177	0.0422	0.021 to 0.046***	0.113
Diabetes	0.0571	0.028 to 0.083***	0.114	0.0322	0.005 to 0.061*	0.069
Current smoking	0.0071	0.001 to 0.002*	0.067	0.0231	0.015 to 0.032***	0.155
HDL per increase by 1.0 mmol/l	−0.0267	−0.045 to −0.008**	−0.083	−0.0332	−0.057 to −0.009**	−0.077
LDL per increase by 1.0 mmol/l	0.0109	0.003 to 0.019**	0.078	0.0160	0.008 to 0.024***	0.117

*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

Parameter estimates (B), β coefficients, and 95% CI are derived from multiple linear regression models with IMT as dependent variable and all of the following as independent variables: psychological strain, age, hypertension, diabetes, smoking status, fibrinogen, alcohol consumption, HDL, LDL, BMI, and family history of CHD.

The constant terms for the indicated models are 0.346 (95% CI 0.266 to 0.425***) for women and 0.238 (95% CI 0.152 to 0.324***) for men.