Table 2.

Associations between carotid atherosclerosis and the TMT, GPT scores

		TMT-A				TMT-B				GPT
	N	Coef. (s.e.)	t-value	P	N	Coef. (s.e.)	t-value	P	N	Coef. (s.e.)	t-value	P
Carotid IMT (mm)
Simple model#	2779	2.6 (1.5)	1.7	0.09	2775	4.0 (4.7)	0.9	0.4	2775	17.3 (2.6)	6.6	<.0001
Multivariable model*	2610	1.0 (1.5)	0.7	0.5	2606	0.2 (4.7)	0.04	0.9	2607	13.8 (2.7)	5.1	<.0001
Plaque score (0 is the reference group)
Simple model#	2665				2661				2661
Plaque score 1		1.0 (0.5)	0.7	0.03		3.0 (1.4)	2.1	0.04		1.9 (0.8)	2.4	0.02
Plaque score 2		2.5 (1.3)	1.9	0.06		8.9 (4.0)	2.2	0.03		9.9 (2.2)	4.5	<.0001
Multivariable model*	2505				2501				2502
Plaque score 1		0.6 (0.5)	1.2	0.2		1.7 (1.4)	1.2	0.2		1.1 (1.8)	0.6	0.07
Plaque score 2		1.2 (0.4)	3.0	0.4		4.9 (4.0)	1.2	0.2		7.4 (2.3)	3.2	0.001

^#adjusted for age, sex, and education

^*Confounders included were: marital status, family income, hypertension, CVD, diabetes, smoking and heavy drinking status, regular exercise, SF-36 mental score, HDL cholesterol, anti-hypertensive medications and use of statins.