Table 6.

Associations Between Plasma Adiponectin and Progression of IMT

	Model	Men (n =1653)			Women (n =1777)			P Value Int*
		β	95% CI	P Value	β	95% CI	P Value
CC-IMTmean	Basic	−0.003	−0.005 to −0.0007	0.008	0.0002	−0.002 to 0.0019	0.867	0.034
	Full	−0.002	−0.004 to 3.0×10−5	0.047	0.0007	−0.001 to 0.0025	0.475	0.018
CC-IMTmax	Basic	−0.007	−0.014 to −0.0007	0.031	0.0029	−0.003 to 0.0089	0.347	0.020
	Full	−0.007	−0.014 to −0.0001	0.045	0.0031	−0.004 to 0.0097	0.354	0.024
Bif-IMTmean	Basic	−0.007	−0.012 to −0.0013	0.015	−0.0040	−0.008 to 0.0011	0.135	0.309
	Full	−0.004	−0.010 to 0.0019	0.186	−0.0020	−0.008 to 0.0028	0.371	0.229
Bif-IMTmax	Basic	−0.006	−0.017 to 0.0061	0.349	−0.0120	−0.022 to −0.0010	0.026	0.523
	Full	−0.002	−0.014 to 0.0104	0.789	−0.0110	−0.022 to 0.0005	0.061	0.582

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.