Table 7.

Multivariate linear regression analyses for change in CIMT.

	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Sβ	P-value	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Sβ	P-value	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Sβ	P-value
	Model I			Model II			Model III
Male gender	0.046 (0.007–0.084)	0.218	0.021	0.031 (−0.008–0.070)	0.148	0.121	0.031 (−0.009–0.071)	0.146	0.130
Ages (per 10 years)	0.021 (0.004–0.038)	0.216	0.015	0.020 (0.004–0.037)	0.208	0.017	0.019 (0.001–0.036)	0.191	0.037
Hypertension	0.043 (0.010–0.076)	0.222	0.011	0.040 (0.008–0.072)	0.206	0.016	0.040 (0.008–0.073)	0.209	0.016
Smoking	0.015 (−0.024–0.055)	0.071	0.441	0.012 (−0.027–0.050)	0.054	0.550	0.012 (−0.027–0.051)	0.057	0.532
Log HbA1C	0.059 (−0.013–0.130)	0.137	0.106	0.062 (−0.007–0.132)	0.145	0.079	0.044 (−0.044–0.133)	0.104	0.322
Log triglyceride	−0.008 (−0.036–0.020)	−0.046	0.583	−0.020 (−0.049–0.009)	0.117	0.180	−0.018 (−0.048–0.012)	−0.108	0.237
Baseline CIMT	−0.809 (−1.099–0.518)	−0.477	< 0.001	−0.761 (−1.046–0.475)	0.449	< 0.001	−0.748 (−1.041−0.454)	−0.441	0.000
Log MHR	–	–	–	0.059 (0.013–0.105)	0.234	0.012	0.059 (0.012–0.105)	0.232	0.014
OHA							−0.004 (−0.041–0.034)	−0.018	0.848
Insulin							0.015 (−0.028–0.058)	0.074	0.496
	Adjusted R2 = 0.275			Adjusted R2 = 0.313			Adjusted R2 = 0.302

Sβ, standardized regression coefficient β.

OHA, oral hypoglycemic agent.