Table 2.

Results of multivariable regression models (beta coefficients) with each common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) variable as a separate outcome and the Framingham risk factors as predictors.

	Mean near wall IMT*		Mean far wall IMT*		Mean of near and far wall IMT*
	Value	p-value	Value	p-value	Value	p-value
Age (years)	0.007	< 0.001	0.007	< 0.001	0.007	< 0.001
Sex (men)	0.030	< 0.001	0.045	< 0.001	0.038	< 0.001
Race-Ethnicity
White (referent)
Chinese	−0.044	< 0.001	−0.021	0.004	−0.033	< 0.001
African American	0.055	< 0.001	0.024	< 0.001	0.039	< 0.001
Hispanic	−0.002	0.69	−0.008	0.19	−0.006	0.25
Diabetes (yes)	0.036	< 0.001	0.034	< 0.001	0.035	< 0.001
Smoker (yes)	0.011	0.07	0.0003	0.97	0.006	0.30
Systolic Pressure†	0.134	< 0.001	0.161	< 0.001	0.170	< 0.001
HDL cholesterol†	−0.075	< 0.001	−0.084	< 0.001	−0.090	< 0.001
Total cholesterol†	0.037	< 0.001	0.055	< 0.001	0.054	< 0.001
Model goodness-of-fit (R2)	0.26	< 0.0001	0.22	< 0.0001	0.31	< 0.0001

^*intima-media thickness

^†standardized values for coefficients: units of 21.5 mmHg for systolic pressure, 35.6 mg/dL for total cholesterol and 14.8 mg/dL for HDL cholesterol