Table 2.

Age-adjusted correlations between vessel calibers and coronary artery disease risk factors

	Overall (n=448)		Male (n=221)		Female (n=227)
Risk Factor	Arteriolar Caliber	Venular caliber	Arteriolar Caliber	Venular caliber	Arteriolar Caliber	Venular caliber
Retinal Venular Caliber	0.54***	-	0.59***	-	0.54***	-
Duration of Diabetes (years)	−0.09*	0.05	−0.08	0.11	−0.11	−0.0002
Age (years) 1	−0.18**	−0.08	−0.004	−0.24**	−0.24**	−0.14*
Female Sex2	−0.05	−0.01	-	-	-	-
HbA1 (%)	−0.10*	0.05	−0.17*	0.07	−0.03	0.03
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.001	0.11*	−0.05	0.05	0.04	0.16*
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.02	−0.08	−0.06	−0.16*	0.03	0.002
LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.02	0.13**	−0.02	0.08	0.04	0.16*
Non-HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.01	0.14**	−0.03	0.10	0.02	0.16*
ln(Triglycerides) (mg/dl)	−0.04	0.10	−0.02	0.10	−0.10	0.08
White Blood Cell Count (× 103/mm2)	−0.04	0.17**	0.04	0.20**	−0.12	0.13*
Fibrinogen (mg/dl)	−0.12	0.07	−0.09	0.15*	−0.15*	0.01
Serum Albumin (mg/dl)	0.11	0.001	0.08	−0.01	0.13	−0.01
Pulse Rate (beats/min)	−0.06	0.10*	−0.03	0.19**	−0.08	0.03
Waist-Hip Ratio	0.04	0.10*	0.05	0.09	−0.001	0.12
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	0.05	0.10*	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.13*
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	−0.15**	0.02	−0.12	−0.05	−0.20**	0.03
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	−0.08	0.06	−0.05	0.08	−0.14*	0.02
Hypertension2	−0.19**	−0.07	−0.14	−0.18	−0.25**	0.03
Blood Pressure Medication2	−0.15**	−0.12	−0.08	−0.13	−0.22*	−0.11
Current Smoker2	0.06	0.22**	0.08	0.29**	0.03	0.16
Ever Smoker2	0.09	0.24***	0.16	0.37***	0.001	0.10
Severity of Retinopathy2	−0.02	0.26***	−0.03	0.25**	−0.04	0.29**
Macroalbuminuria2	−0.10*	0.05	−0.06	0.01	−0.16	0.10
ln(Albumin Excretion Rate) (μg/min)	−0.15*	0.12*	−0.18*	0.13	−0.13	0.10

Values are Pearson partial r, unless indicated.

¹Pearson r (unadjusted)

²Spearman partial r

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.0001