Table 5.

Age and gender-adjusted and multivariable-adjusted^* mean differences in carotid artery IMT and odds ratios for carotid plaque per one SD increase in trait anger, stratified by race/ethnicity, MESA

Characteristics	Age and gender-adjusted		Multivariable-adjusted*
	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)
White
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.025 (0.006, 0.044)	0.100 (0.036, 0.164)	0.020 (0.001, 0.038)	0.096 (0.033, 0.160)
P	0.009	0.002	0.04	0.003
OR for carotid plaque (95%CI)***	1.51 (1.14, 2.01)		1.53 (1.13, 2.08)
P	0.004		0.007
African American
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.003 (−0.020, 0.025)	0.033 (−0.042, 0.107)	−0.002 (−0.024, 0.021)	0.002 (−0.074, 0.078)
P	0.82	0.55	0.88	0.96
OR for carotid plaque (95%CI)***	1.25 (0.90, 1.75)		1.14 (0.78, 1.67)
P	0.39		0.50
Hispanic
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	0.015 (−0.006, 0.036)	0.034 (−0.034, 0.102)	0.014 (−0.007, 0.036)	0.026 (−0.045, 0.097)
P	0.15	0.32	0.19	0.47
OR for carotid plaque (95%CI)***	1.25 (0.90, 1.74)		1.14 (0.80, 1.62)
P	0.18		0.47
Chinese
Mean difference per one SD increase** (95% CI)	−0.003 (−0.033, 0.028)	−0.029 (−0.115, 0.058)	−0.007 (−0.038, 0.023)	−0.003 (−0.120, 0.056)
P	0.87	0.52	0.64	0.48
OR for carotid plaque (95%CI)***	0.74 (0.38, 1.42)		0.75 (0.38, 1.50)
P	0.36		0.42

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

^**One SD: 4 points of trait anger score.

^***Odds ratio for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI).