Table 6.
Overall Multiple Regression Analysis Between Intima-Media Thickness (IMT; dependent variable) and Age, Gender, Smoking Habits, Clinical Parameters, and T-Cell Subsets that Correlate with IMT in the Single Model
| Model | ||
|---|---|---|
| Independent variables | β | P |
| Age | 0.56 | <0.01 |
| Gender | 0.05 | 0.67 |
| Smoking habits | −0.03 | 0.98 |
| Systolic Blood Pressure | −0.02 | 0.82 |
| Total cholesterol | −0.12 | 0.13 |
| LDL cholesterol | −0.11 | 0.11 |
| HDL cholesterol | −0.10 | 0.09 |
| Triglyceridemia | 0.01 | 0.89 |
| Body mass index | −0.05 | 0.51 |
| Creatinine | 0.19 | <0.01 |
| Glycemia | 0.05 | 0.55 |
| CD3+CD4+ | ||
| Naive T cells | −0.12 | 0.19 |
| Central memory T cells | 0.11 | 0.56 |
| Effector memory T cells | 0.22 | <0.01 |
| CCR5+ | −0.07 | 0.34 |
| CXCR3+ | −0.06 | 0.45 |
| HLA-DR+ | 0.09 | 0.26 |
BMI indicates body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.