Table 5.
Determinants of mean carotid intima‐media thickness in different glucose groups by demographic characteristics in multivariate analysis
| Risk factors | Normal | IFG | DM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (SE) | β (95% CI) | P | β (SE) | β (95% CI) | P | β (SE) | β (95% CI) | P | |
| Sex | 16.43 (4.36) | 7.88, 24.97 | <0.0001 | 15.90 (9.06) | −1.90, 33.70 | 0.080 | 17.80 (9.33) | 0.54, 36.14 | 0.057 |
| Age | 13.58 (1.20) | 11.23, 15.93 | <0.0001 | 8.55 (2.83) | 2.99, 14.11 | 0.003 | 6.97 (2.49) | 2.09, 11.86 | 0.005 |
| Education | −3.33 (2.62) | −8.48, 1.81 | 0.204 | −11.48 (6.26) | −23.77, 0.81 | 0.067 | −8.87 (5.81) | −20.29, 2.55 | 0.127 |
| Hypertension | 25.01 (3.38) | 18.39, 31.63 | <0.0001 | 25.25 (9.28) | 7.01, 43.49 | 0.007 | 21.40 (9.82) | 2.11, 40.69 | 0.030 |
| Smoking | 5.35 (2.62) | 0.21, 10.49 | 0.041 | – | – | – | 5.20 (5.83) | −6.24, 16.65 | 0.372 |
| Alcohol drinking | 0.29 (2.68) | −5.55, 4.97 | 0.914 | 9.19 (5.86) | −2.32, 20.70 | 0.117 | 15.17 (6.32) | 2.75, 27.60 | 0.017 |
| TG | – | – | – | −20.36 (8.85) | −37.75, –2.97 | 0.022 | – | – | – |
| LDL‐C | 16.18 (6.18) | 4.05, 28.30 | 0.009 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; LDL‐C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.