Table 3.

Pearson correlation between single common cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima–media thickness in men and women

Risk factor	Total (n = 213)	Men (n = 106)	Women (n = 107)
Age	0.510 (P < 0.001)	0.531 (P < 0.001)	0.489 (P < 0.001)
Smoking status	0.017 (P = 0.806)	− 0.050 (P = 0.610)	0.073 (P = 0.455)
Systolic blood pressure	0.318 (P < 0.001)	0.298 (P = 0.002)	0.319 (P = 0.001)
Total cholesterol	0.205 (P = 0.003)	0.279 (P = 0.004)	0.114 (P = 0.242)
LDL-cholesterol	0.154 (P = 0.024)	0.186 (P = 0.056)	0.080 (P = 0.412)
HDL-cholesterol	0.026 (P = 0.709)	0.126 (P = 0.197)	0.050 (P = 0.614)
TC/HDL-cholesterol	0.116 (P = 0.092)	0.098 (P = 0.315)	0.040 (P = 0.682)
Non-HDL-cholesterol	0.182 (P = 0.008)	0.217 (P = 0.026)	0.091 (P = 0.354)
Triglycerides	0.127 (P = 0.065)	0.167 (P = 0.089)	-0.030 (P = 0.757)
Height	− 0.014 (P = 0.841)	− 0.140 (P = 0.152)	− 0.124 (P = 0.202)
Weight	0.048 (P = 0.489)	− 0.053 (P = 0.592)	− 0.926 (P = 0.926)
BMI	0.075 (P = 0.274)	0.024 (P = 0.808)	0.060 (P = 0.539)
Waist circumference	0.148 (P = 0.031)	0.162 (P = 0.096)	0.028 (P = 0.774)
Fasting glucose	0.249 (P < 0.001)	0.287 (P = 0.003)	0.150 (P = 0.124)

LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TC total cholesterol, BMI body mass index