Table 3. Odds ratio (95% CIs) of carotid atherosclerosis for quartiles of the four common factor scoresa.
| Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | P-trend | |
| Men (n = 772) | |||||
| Increased CCA-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 2.44 (1.01–5.90) | 3.59 (1.52–8.47) | 4.64 (2.04–10.59) | 0.000 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 1.84 (0.86–3.96) | 1.61 (0.73–3.56) | 2.85 (1.37–5.90) | 0.017 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 1.20 (0.60–2.37) | 0.81 (0.39–1.69) | 1.26 (0.63–2.50) | 0.272 |
| TG/UA | 1.00 | 1.90 (0.87–4.15) | 2.32 (1.10–4.94) | 2.00 (0.94–4.26) | 0.879 |
| Increased BIF-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 1.18 (0.77–1.81) | 1.05 (0.69–1.62) | 2.37 (1.54–3.64) | 0.000 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 1.35 (0.88–2.07) | 1.33 (0.87–2.04) | 1.36 (0.89–2.10) | 0.160 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 1.13 (0.74–1.74) | 0.96 (0.63–1.48) | 1.16 (0.76–1.79) | 0.402 |
| TG/UA | 1.00 | 0.66 (0.43–1.02) | 1.49 (0.97–2.30) | 1.11 (0.72–1.70) | 0.097 |
| Increased ICA-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 0.41 (0.12–1.39) | 0.88 (0.31–2.47) | 1.66(0.70–3.95) | 0.216 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 0.58 (0.20–1.69) | 0.45 (0.14–1.42) | 1.68(0.70–4.01) | 0.183 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 0.84 (0.32–2.24) | 0.80 (0.30–2.13) | 0.76(0.28–2.07) | 0.437 |
| TG/UA | 1.00 | 1.23 (0.41–3.62) | 1.72 (0.60–4.92) | 2.15(0.79–5.87) | 0.560 |
| Women (n = 1983) | |||||
| Increased CCA-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 2.37 (0.91–6.12) | 2.16 (0.83–5.65) | 2.88 (1.14–7.23) | 0.028 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 1.73 (0.75–4.00) | 1.65 (0.71–3.81) | 2.19 (0.99–4.86) | 0.016 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 0.87 (0.41–1.81) | 0.75 (0.34–1.64) | 1.53 (0.79–2.96) | 0.435 |
| TG/UA/Glu | 1.00 | 2.19 (0.83–5.77) | 1.99 (0.76–5.22) | 3.41 (1.38–8.42) | 0.010 |
| Increased BIF-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 1.22 (0.91–1.66) | 1.04 (0.77–1.41) | 1.55 (1.15–2.01) | 0.004 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 0.95 (0.70–1.29) | 1.25 (0.93–1.68) | 1.72 (1.29–2.30) | 0.000 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 1.43 (1.06–1.92) | 1.25 (0.93–1.69) | 1.55 (1.16–2.09) | 0.005 |
| TG/UA/Glu | 1.00 | 1.17 (0.87–1.59) | 1.22 (0.91–1.65) | 1.54 (1.14–2.07) | 0.002 |
| Increased ICA-IMT | |||||
| Adiposity | 1.00 | 1.56 (0.44–5.52) | 0.86 (0.21–3.52) | 2.19 (0.65–7.40) | 0.128 |
| Blood pressure | 1.00 | 0.13 (0.02–1.08) | 1.30 (0.48–3.49) | 0.89 (0.30–2.61) | 0.861 |
| Blood lipids | 1.00 | 1.96 (0.35–10.87) | 5.54 (1.21–25.46) | 3.59 (0.75–17.16) | 0.012 |
| TG/UA/Glu | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.23–3.75) | 1.44 (0.41–5.07) | 2.18 (0.65–7.27) | 0.108 |
Abbreviations: TG: total triglycerides; UA: uric acid; Glu: glucose; IMT: intima-media thickness; CCA: common carotid artery; BIF: bifurcation artery; ICA: internal carotid artery.
a
Odds ratios (95% CI) were estimated by multivariate unconditional logistic regression models. Covariates adjusted: age and educational level for women; + smoking status and alcohol drinking for men.