Table 3.

Age, gender, and race/ethnicity-adjusted and multivariable-adjusted mean differences in common and internal carotid artery IMTs and odds ratios for carotid plaque per one SD increase in psychological scores, MESA

Characteristics	Age, gender, and race-adjusted		Multivariable-adjusted*
	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)
Trait anger
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.014 (0.023, 0.025)	0.054 (0.017, 0.090)	0.011 (0.000, 0.022)	0.041 (0.004, 0.078)
P	0.01	0.004	0.06	0.03
OR*** for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI)	1.27 (1.06, 1.52)		1.22 (1.01, 1.47)
P	0.008		0.04
Trait anxiety
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.010 (0.000, 0.021)	0.018 (−0.017, 0.053)	0.010 (−0.001, 0.021)	0.006 (−0.003, 0.042)
P	0.06	0.32	0.07	0.73
OR*** for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI)	1.03 (0.87, 1.22)		0.95 (0.79, 1.14)
P	0.75		0.60
Depression
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.001 (−0.003, 0.005)	0.006 (−0.008, 0.021)	−0.001 (−0.006, 0.003)	−0.001 (−0.016, 0.014)
P	0.80	0.40	0.53	0.91
OR*** for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI)	1.02 (0.94, 1.10)		0.97 (0.89, 1.06)
P	0.64		0.49

^*Adjusted for age, ethnicity, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, total/HDL cholesterol ratio, education, and physical activity.

^**One SD: depression, 8 points; trait anger, 4 points; trait anxiety, 5 points.

^***Odds ratio.