Table 6.

Correlation analysis between the arterial functional measurements and the concentrations of serum inflammatory factors in patients from the intervention group.

Correlation	r	p-value
Left CCA (IMT) mm
vs. Right CCA (IMT) mm	0.811	<0.001
Left ICA (IMT) mm
vs. Right CCA (IMT) mm	0.593	0.006
vs. Right ICA (IMT) mm	0.905	<0.001
vs. hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.581	0.009
vs. IL-18 (pg/mL)	0.594	0.007
vs. IL-17(pg/L)	0.575	0.006
Right CCA (IMT) mm
vs. Right ICA (IMT) mm	0.501	0.021
vs. L-ABI	−0.419	0.017
vs. hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.450	0.041
vs. TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.392	0.043
Right ICA (IMT) mm
vs. hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.477	0.029
R-CAVI
vs. L-CAVI	0.708	0.001
vs. R-ABI	0.393	0.026
vs. TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.526	0.037
L-CAVI
vs. TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.619	0.011
R-ABI
vs. L-ABI	0.767	<0.001
vs. Pulse pressure (mmHg)	−0.552	0.001
L-ABI
vs. Pulse pressure (mmHg)	−0.745	<0.001
Pulse pressure (mmHg)
vs. IL-18 (pg/mL)	0.606	0.004