Table 5.

Associations Between Plasma Adiponectin and Baseline IMT

	Model	Men (n =1653)			Women (n =1777)			P Value Int*
		β	95% CI	P Value	β	95% CI	P Value
CC-IMTmean	Basic	−0.007	−0.012 to −0.002	0.006	−0.005	−0.009 to −0.002	0.007	0.737
	Full	−0.003	−0.008 to 0.002	0.233	−0.001	−0.005 to 0.003	0.644	0.261
CC-IMTmax	Basic	−0.007	−0.015 to 0.001	0.080	−0.004	−0.010 to 0.003	0.228	0.661
	Full	−0.003	−0.011 to 0.005	0.471	0.002	−0.005 to 0.009	0.613	0.367
Bif-IMTmean	Basic	−0.020	−0.029 to −0.011	<0.001	−0.013	−0.021 to −0.005	0.002	0.240
	Full	−0.018	−0.027 to −0.009	<0.001	−0.006	−0.015 to 0.003	0.185	0.061
Bif-IMTmax	Basic	−0.023	−0.033 to −0.012	<0.001	−0.011	−0.021 to −0.001	0.029	0.121
	Full	−0.019	−0.030 to −0.008	0.001	−0.006	−0.017 to 0.004	0.247	0.037

Basic model was adjusted for age. Full model was adjusted for age, body mass index, type 2 diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, current smoking, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and C-reactive protein. Bif indicates bifurcation of the carotid artery; CC, common carotid artery; IMT, intima-media thickness; IMT_max, highest of all maximal IMT values obtained from left and right measurements; IMT_mean, average of mean IMT values obtained from left and right measurements; Int, interaction.

^*Sex–adiponectin interaction.