Table 4.

Associations between carotid IMT thickening (>0.9 mm) and quintiles of UACR

Quintiles of UACR, mg/g	Odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)
		Men	Women
< 6.50	1.00	1.00
6.5-9.79	1.33 (0.94-1.89)	1.14 (0.70-1.88)
9.80-13.49	1.39 (0.99-1.97)	1.82 (1.16-2.86)**
13.50-18.89	1.63 (1.15-2.55)**	1.61 (1.03-2.52)*
≥ 18.90	1.80 (1.26-2.55)**†	1.97 (1.28-3.04)**†

Adjusted for age, current smoking status, current alcohol use, waist circumference, systolic BP, diastolic BP, HOMA-IR, eGFR, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.

^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01.

^† p < 0.001 by trend test.