Table 3.

Partial correlation between intima-media thickness of femoral artery, different segments of carotid artery and cardiovascular risk factor variables in young adults.

Variables	Femoral *	Common*	Bulb*	Internal*	Composite*
BMI	0.08a	0.21c	0.02	0.12 c	0.15c
Waist	0.09b	0.22c	0.03	0.09 b	0.15c
Systolic BP	0.15c	0.23c	0.15c	0.15 c	0.23 c
Diastolic BP	0.11c	0.19c	0.10b	0.13 c	0.18 c
LDL cholesterol	0.09b	0.19c	0.15c	0.15c	0.22c
HDL cholesterol	−0.07a	−0.12c	−0.09b	−0.07a	−0.13 c
Triglycerides	0.08a	0.13c	0.12c	0.08b	0.15 c
Total/HDL-C	0.09b	0.23c	0.19c	0.15c	0.25 c
Insulin	0.01	0.15c	0.05	0.09b	0.12c
Glucose	−0.03	0.13c	0.05	0.04	0.08a

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; LDL, low density lipoprotein HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^ap <0.05.

^bp < 0.01.

^cp < 0.001.

^*Adjusted for age, race and gender