Table 3.

Standardized coefficients (β) from multiple regressions of ICA-WT and CCA-WT with conventional cardiovascular risk factors and Bijari et al.’s¹⁹ “hemodynamically-inspired” geometric variables as predictors.

Predictor	ICA-WT			CCA-WT
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Flare	−0.199***	0.019	0.173*	−0.137*	−0.148*	−0.076
Curvature	0.024	0.015	−0.135*	0.113*	0.072	0.071
Age	−0.074	−0.008	−0.052	0.029	0.064	0.056
Sex†	0.142*	0.088	0.160*	0.098	0.116	0.132
Race††	0.125*			0.150**	0.066	0.047
Systolic BP	−0.048	0.052	0.098	0.082	0.062	0.148
Diastolic BP	0.067	0.122	0.107	−0.011	0.046	−0.005
Hypertension	0.091	−0.004	0.040	0.155**	0.095	0.106
Triglycerides	−0.073	0.066	0.077	−0.046	0.040	0.041
LDL Cholesterol	0.065	0.096	0.074	0.078	0.065	0.076
HDL Cholesterol	−0.046	0.019	0.097	0.070	0.103*	0.165*
Diabetes	0.061	−0.034	−0.076	−0.012	−0.087	−0.138
Glucose	0.017	0.064	0.107	0.022	0.060	0.063
BMI	−0.016	−0.050	−0.045	−0.064	−0.108†	−0.129
Ever Smoker	0.043	0.042	−0.011	0.101*	0.064	0.017
Total Model R2	0.099	0.082	0.135	0.106	0.095	0.113
CV Factor-only R2	0.069	0.081	0.112	0.090	0.081	0.108

^†Male=1, Female=0;

^††White=1, Black=0;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001