Table 6.

Relationship Between Changes in FMD and Those in LDL Cholesterol Levels

	Fixed Effects	P Value
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	−0.07±0.03	0.021
Sex (female)	0.53±0.93	0.575
Age, y	−0.13±0.07	0.052
Current smoking	1.21±1.20	0.317
Concomitant statin treatment	2.64±0.95	0.007
Medication for hypertension	0.48±1.19	0.685
Medication for diabetes (excluding DPP‐4Is)	−0.13±0.87	0.884

FMD indicates flow‐mediated vasodilatation; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; DPP‐4, dipeptidyl peptidase‐4. Fixed effects are presented as parameter estimates with standard errors.