Table 4.

Multivariable adjusted relationships between clinical risk factors and CIMTs^*

	Mean-Mean Common CIMT (mm)		Mean-Max CIMT (mm)
Variable Name	Slope (S.E.)	P-Value	Slope (S.E.)	P-Value
Age (Years)	NI		0.004 (0.001)	< 0.001
BMI	0.002 (0.0005)	< 0.001	NI
Creatinine Clearance (mL/min/m2)	0.003 (0.002)	0.031	NI
log of Lp(a)	NI		0.008 (0.003)	0.005
Female	−0.032 (0.007)	< 0.001	−0.034 (0.009)	< 0.001
Azathioprine Current	0.021 (0.007)	0.005	0.016 (0.010)	0.102
Prednisone (0.00–0.15 mg/kg/day)	0.057 (0.051)	0.262	0.128 (0.069)	0.064
Prednisone (0.15–0.40 mg/kg/day)	−0.022 (0.041)	0.587	−0.119 (0.052)	0.024
Prednisone (≥0.40 mg/kg/day)	0.086 (0.037)	0.021	0.049 (0.048)	0.308

^*Only associations with p-value <= 0.1 in the final models are shown above.

NI – not included in the final models due to non-significant associations.