Table 2. Pearson’s correlation and multiple stepwise linear regression analysis of risk factors associated with CIMT.

	r	p value	β ± SE	p value
Age (yr)	0.48	<0.0001	0.0044±0.00015	<0.0001
Sex (male = 1, female = 0)	0.26	<0.0001	0.042±0.0033	<0.0001
Current smoker (yes = 1, no = 0)	0.15	<0.0001	0.012±0.0037	0.0010
Current drinker (yes = 1, no = 0)	0.10	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.13	<0.0001	0.0032±0.0004	<0.0001
WC (cm)	0.18	<0.0001
HC (cm)	0.05	<0.0001
SBP (mm Hg)	0.27	<0.0001	0.00078±0.00009	<0.0001
DBP (mm Hg)	0.038	0.0030	−0.00098±0.00017	<0.0001
FPG (mmol/L)	0.059	<0.0001
Log fasting serum insulin (µIU/mL)	−0.073	<0.0001	−0.017±0.0039	<0.0001
Log HOMA-IR	−0.064	<0.0001
TC (mmol/L)	0.081	<0.0001	−0.005±0.0023	0.028
Log TG (mmol/L)	0.051	<0.0001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.10	<0.0001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.053	<0.0001
ApoA-I (g/L)	−0.0064	0.62
ApoB (g/L)	0.13	<0.0001	0.065±0.0096	<0.0001
ApoB/apoA-I ratio	0.11	<0.0001