TABLE 3.

Regression of phase V cardiac and carotid ultrasound measures on phase IV meat intakes in nonhypertensive participants stratified by sex

Variable	Meat intake	Female participants			Male participants
		Estimated Coeff.a	SE	P	Estimated Coeff.a	SE	P
Left atrial diameter (cm)	Unprocessed	−0.0003	0.0004	0.3875	−0.0003	0.0003	0.3436
	Processed	−0.0006	0.0009	0.4923	−0.0002	0.0006	0.6648
	Total	−0.0004	0.0003	0.2626	−0.0003	0.0003	0.3041
LVM (g)	Unprocessed	0.0317	0.0249	0.2037	−0.0296	0.0301	0.3266
	Processed	−0.0180	0.0575	0.7544	0.0016	0.0496	0.9736
	Total	0.0229	0.0221	0.3000	−0.0214	0.0260	0.4120
LVM index (g/m2)	Unprocessed	−0.0010	0.0137	0.9410	−0.0196	0.0150	0.1913
	Processed	−0.0107	0.0317	0.7362	0.0241	0.0248	0.3320
	Total	−0.0027	0.0121	0.8222	−0.0083	0.0131	0.5265
IMT (mm)	Unprocessed	−0.0001	0.0002	0.4490	−0.0003	0.0002	0.1882
	Processed	0.0007	0.0004	0.0659	−0.0002	0.0003	0.5565
	Total	0.0000	0.0001	0.9048	−0.0003	0.0002	0.1568
Atherosclerotic plaque (%)	Unprocessed	−0.0011	0.0015	0.4661	−0.0014	0.0018	0.4263
	Processed	−0.0009	0.0034	0.7811	−0.0026	0.0030	0.3933
	Total	−0.0010	0.0013	0.4224	−0.0017	0.0015	0.2732
Plaque score	Unprocessed	−0.0053	0.0041	0.2022	−0.0057	0.0042	0.1810
	Processed	−0.0091	0.0102	0.3722	−0.0074	0.0081	0.3595
	Total	−0.0059	0.0036	0.1038	−0.0061	0.0037	0.1035

Coeff., coefficient; IMT, intima–media thickness; LVM, left ventricular mass; SE, standard error.

^aAdjusted for the respective baseline echocardiographic/carotid ultrasound measure, age, field center, smoking status, BMI, diabetes, average steps/day, alcohol intake (drinks/week), relatedness among family members and total energy intake.