TABLE 3.
Carotid IMT per LCAT quartiles
| LCAT Quartiles |
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Ptrend | Ptrenda | |
| Whole group (n) | 135 | 133 | 137 | 135 | ||
| IMTMean (mm) | 0.94 (0.93, 0.96) | 0.93 (0.92, 0.94) | 0.93 (0.92, 0.95) | 0.94 (0.93, 0.96) | 0.95 | 0.90 |
| IMTMax (mm) | 1.28 (1.24, 1.32) | 1.27 (1.23, 1.30) | 1.28 (1.25, 1.31) | 1.31 (1.28, 1.35) | 0.18 | 0.17 |
| Men (n) | 78 | 73 | 73 | 69 | ||
| IMTMean (mm) | 0.98 (0.96, 1.00) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.97) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.97) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| IMTMax (mm) | 1.35 (1.30, 1.40) | 1.31 (1.26, 1.36) | 1.33 (1.29, 1.37) | 1.35 (1.30, 1.41) | 0.99 | 0.96 |
| Women (n) | 57 | 60 | 64 | 66 | ||
| IMTMean (mm) | 0.89 (0.88, 0.91) | 0.90 (0.89, 0.92) | 0.91 (0.89, 0.93) | 0.92 (0.89, 0.94) | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| IMTMax (mm) | 1.19 (1.15, 1.23) | 1.22 (1.17, 1.26) | 1.23 (1.17, 1.28) | 1.27 (1.22, 1.33) | 0.019 | 0.05 |
Results are expressed as means (95% CI). P values for trends were computed by linear regression for continuous variables.
a
Adjusted for age, (gender), HDL-C, and triglycerides.