Table 3.

The effects of adult cardiovascular risk factors on IMT in college students, using univariate regression models (N=768)

	Difference in IMT, µm	95%CI		p- value
Race/ethnicity				<.001
Non-hispanic White	ref
Asian	−18.4	28.5	−8.4	<.001
African-American	17.5	−0.5	35.4	0.06
Hispanic White	−14.4	25.2	−3.6	0.01
Other	−6.2	18.5	6.0	0.32
Male sex	21.9	14.2	29.5	<.001
Age, yrs	1.5	−1.0	4.0	0.24
BMI	1.9	0.9	3.0	<.001
Systolic Blood Pressure	1.2	0.8	1.6	<.001
Mother's education				0.02
High school or less	ref
Some college	13.2	−0.9	27.4	0.07
College grad/some grad school	12.2	−0.4	24.8	0.06
Unknown	−9.8	−58.8	39.2	0.69
Current SHS†	5.0	−2.9	12.9	0.21
Childhood SHS†	2.8	−11.5	17.0	0.70
HDL-C, mg/dL	−0.2	−0.5	0.1	0.11
LDL-C, mg/dL	0.0	−0.2	0.1	0.76
Triglyceride, mm/dL	0.0	−0.1	0.1	0.80
CRP, mg/L	0.2	−0.8	1.1	0.72
Homocysteine, mmol/L	2.7	0.5	4.8	0.02
Glucose, mg/dL	−0.5	−1.2	0.2	0.14
Insulin, mIU/mL	0.3	−0.5	1.2	0.46
Other-Smoker*	9.1	−0.1	18.2	0.05
Family history of heart disease§				0.64
No	ref
Yes	6.6	−10.4	23.5	0.45
Don't know	−5.9	−27.2	15.4	0.59

^*One subject with missing value was excluded from the analysis.

^†SHS = second hand smoke