Table 3.

Partial correlation coefficients between intima-media thickness of femoral artery and cardiovascular risk factor variables in study cohort by gender

	Male*	Female*
BMI	0.01	0.12b
Waist	-0.002	0.14c
Systolic BP	0.10a	0.19c
Diastolic BP	0.07	0.15c
LDL cholesterol	0.09a	0.08a
HDL cholesterol	-0.004	- 0.10a
Triglycerides	0.02	0.13b
Total cholesterol /HDL cholesterol	0.04	0.13b
Insulin	- 0.02	0.02
Glucose	-0.04	-0.02

^*Adjusted for age and race.

^ap <0.05

^bp < 0.01

^cp < 0.001.

BP, blood pressure, BMI, body mass index; LDL, low density lipoprotein.

HDL, high density lipoprotein.