Table 5.

Variation of risk‐factor associations by ethnicity assessed by logistical regression

Variable Group	Variable	Interaction P Value
Traditional	Age	0.11
	Sex	0.23
	Hyperlipidemia	0.44
	HTN	0.63
	Smoker	0.86
	Family history of CHD	0.87
	Waist‐hip ratio	0.13
	BMI	0.57
Other factors	Duration of DM	0.85
	HbA1c	0.17
	Microvascular disease	0.78
Cardiac factors	Mean CIMT	0.56
	Max CIMT	0.80
	Carotid plaque	0.51

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease; CIMT, carotid intima‐media thickness; DM, diabetes mellitus; HbA_1c, glycated hemoglobin; HTN, hypertension.