Table 2.

Bivariate correlation coefficients between cIMT and Magnesium levels with other variables.

	cIMT		Magnesium
Variable	r	p-Value	r	p-Value
Sex (Male)	0.223	<0.001	−0.003	0.906
Race (Caucasian)	0.083	0.001	−0.079	0.001
Age, years	0.528	<0.001	−0.035	0.141
Smoker	0.105	<0.001	−0.018	0.445
Diabetes	0.157	<0.001	−0.070	0.003
Hypertension	0.137	<0.001	0.053	0.028
Dyslipidemia	0.094	<0.001	0.015	0.536
BMI	0.158	<0.001	−0.053	0.027
Total Cholesterol	0.021	0.392	−0.043	0.075
HDL Cholesterol	−0.071	0.007	0.001	0.967
LDL Cholesterol	0.007	0.781	−0.009	0.724
Triglycerides	0.082	0.001	0.009	0.709
Magnesium	−0.003	0.914	-	-
cIMT	-	-	−0.003	0.914

Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) and p-value are shown for each variable. Abbreviations: Body Mass Index (BMI), Carotid Intima–Media Thickness (cIMT).