Table 5.

Univariate regression analyses to predict carotid IMT

Independent variables	Effect	95% Confidence interval		P
		Lower	Upper
Internal carotid IMT
Age (yr)	0.0139	0.0125	0.0153	0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.0051	0.0025	0.0077	0.0509
Duration of diabetes (yr)	0.0042	0.0021	0.0063	0.0206
HbA1c (%)	0.0209	0.0132	0.0286	0.0074
SBP (mm Hg)	0.0056	0.0049	0.0063	0.0001
Log AER (mg/24 h)	0.0421	0.0347	0.0495	0.0001
Gender % (male)	0.1218	0.1016	0.1419	0.0001
Plasma log CTGF N fragment	0.0419	0.0258	0.0582	0.0096
Plasma log CTGF-W	0.0158	0.0035	0.0281	0.1973
Common carotid IMT
Age (yr)	0.0065	0.006	0.007	0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.0036	0.0028	0.0044	0.0001
Duration of Diabetes (yr)	0.0022	0.0015	0.0029	0.0018
HbA1c (%)	0.003	0.0003	0.0057	0.254
SBP (mm Hg)	0.0023	0.0021	0.0025	0.0001
Log AER (mg/24 h)	0.0146	0.0121	0.0171	0.0001
Gender % (male)	0.0493	0.0425	0.0562	0.0001
Plasma Log CTGF N fragment	0.0257	0.0202	0.0312	0.0001
Plasma log CTGF-W	0.0094	0.0052	0.0136	0.026