Table 3.

Relation of Carotid Intima Media Thickness to Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Cluster Score by Age Group

Total cohort N = 291	cIMT	BMI r = 0.14; P = 0.02	CV risk cluster score r = 0.16; P = 0.01
Age 6–11 years, N = 140 (48%)	cIMT	r = 0.04; P = 0.65*	r = 0.20; P = 0.02
Age 12–18 years, N = 151 (52%)	cIMT	r = 0.21; P = 0.01	r = 0.14; P = 0.10

CV risk cluster score included the sum of the z scores of waist circumference, SBP, triglycerides, inverse HDL-C and fasting glucose divided by 5. Analyses were adjusted for sex, race, and age.

^*This was considered unreliable due to outliers. After elimination of the outliers, the correlation coefficient r improved (r = 0.16), but P-value was still not significant (P = 0.07).