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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2017 Oct;24(10):1175–1184. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000916

Table 2.

Regression models demonstrating relations between carotid artery atherosclerosis and physiological risk factors

Artery Independent variables β p
LCC TPC/HDLC 0.26 0.001
LCB TPC/HDLC 0.32 0.001
VAF 0.10 0.002
Triglycerides 0.027 0.043
LIC LV-IDD −1.12 0.014
RCC TPC/HDLC 0.27 <0.001
RCB TPC/HDLC 0.31 0.0037
RIC TPC/HDLC 0.20 0.012

L/RCC=left/right common carotid; L/RCB=left/right carotid bifurcation; L/RIC=left/right internal carotid; TPC/HDLC=total plasma cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VAF=visceral abdominal fat; LV-IDD=left ventricular end diastolic dimension.