Table 6.
Multiple linear regression models for common carotid IMT
| Variable | Effect | 95% Confidence interval
|
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| Plasma log CTGF N fragment | 1.008 | 1.0044 | 1.0353 | 0.0273 |
| Age (yr) | 1.0044 | 1.004 | 1.0048 | <0.0001 |
| Duration of diabetes (yr) | 1.0013 | 1.0008 | 1.0018 | 0.0081 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 1.0004 | 1.0002 | 1.0006 | 0.0487 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 1.0021 | 1.0015 | 1.0026 | 0.0006 |
| Log AER (mg/24 h) | 1.0081 | 1.0061 | 1.0101 | <0.0001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 1.0001 | 1 | 1 | 0.3062 |
| Gender | 1.0313 | 1.0262 | 1.0364 | <0.0001 |
| HbA1c (%) | 1.0004 | 0.9985 | 1.0023 | 0.8436 |
| ACEI | 1.0051 | 0.9972 | 1.0129 | 0.5186 |