Table 3. Relationship between variables including serum bilirubin and carotid intima-media thickness within each gender.
| Men N = 325 | Women N = 509 | |
| Characteristics | r (P-value) | r (P-value) |
| Age | 0.261 (<0.001) | 0.224 (<0.001) |
| Body mass index | −0.088 (0.115) | 0.030 (0.507) |
| Smoking status | 0.112 (0.043) | 0.039 (0.386) |
| Systolic blood pressure | 0.085 (0.128) | 0.046 (0.297) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 0.016 (0.769) | −0.098 (0.027) |
| Antihypertensive medication (No = 0, Yes = 1) | 0.140 (0.012) | 0.123 (0.006) |
| Triglycerides | −0.034 (0.542) | −0.002 (0.964) |
| HDL cholesterol | −0.101 (0.069) | −0.060 (0.178) |
| LDL cholesterol | −0.004 (0.942) | 0.027 (0.545) |
| Antidyslipidemic medication (No = 0, Yes = 1) | 0.003 (0.956) | −0.080 (0.072) |
| Fasting plasma glucose | −0.021 (0.704) | 0.126 (0.004) |
| Antidiabetic medication (No = 0, Yes = 1) | −0.018 (0.747) | 0.021 (0.641) |
| eGFR | −0.086 (0.123) | −0.015 (0.737) |
| Alanine aminotransferase | −0.095 (0.086) | −0.049 (0.269) |
| Gamma-glutamyltransferase | −0.182 (0.001) | −0.140 (0.002) |
| Serum bilirubin | −0.068 (0.224) | −0.132 (0.003) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 0.158 (0.004) | 0.144 (0.001) |
r, Pearson's correlation coefficient. Data for triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, alanine aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyltransferase, and serum bilirubin were skewed and log-transformed for analysis