Table 2.

Partial correlation coefficients between IMT of femoral artery and CV risk factor variables in study cohort by race and gender:

	White male *	Black Male *	White female*	Black Female*	Total †
FRS ¶	0.16 b	0.26 b	0.21 c	0.30 c	0.25 c
BMI	−0.02	0.10	0.09	0.17 a	0.08 b
Waist	−0.02	0.05	0.13 b	0.16 a	0.09 b
Systolic BP	0.09	0.13	0.19 c	0.19 b	0.15 c
Diastolic BP	0.06	0.12	0.13 b	0.19 b	0.11 c
LDL cholesterol	0.07	0.19 a	0.12 a	−0.02	0.09 b
HDL cholesterol	0.02	− 0.09	−0.08	− 0.16 a	−0.07 a
Triglycerides	− 0.01	0.17	0.12 a	0.18 a	0.08 a
Insulin	− 0.05	0.08	0.01	0.03	0.01
Glucose	−0.04	−0.05	− 0.04	0.02	−0.03

^*Adjusted for age;

^†adjusted for age, race and gender

^¶Adjusted for race for the entire sample, not adjusted for age in race-sex groups

^ap <0.05

^bp < 0.01

^cp < 0.001

BP, blood pressure; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein. IMT, Intima-media thickness; FRS, Framingham risk score