Table 3.

Correlation between intima–media thickness (IMT) and calcium scores (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient).

	CCS	TCSasc	TCSdsc	AVCS
meanpRIMT	0.42**	0.38**	0.28**	0.29**
maxpRIMT	0.19*	0.27**	0.17	0.24**
meandRIMT	038**	0.32**	0.28**	0.26**
maxdRIMT	0.36**	0.30**	0.27**	0.23**
meanpLIMT	0.35	0.39**	0.28**	0.30**
maxpLIMT	0.21*	0.36**	0.21*	0.22*
meandLIMT	0.29**	0.38	0.13	0.30**
maxdLIMT	0.33**	0.34	0.19*	0.21*

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01;

CCS — coronary calcium score; TCasc — ascending aorta calcium score; TCdsc — descending aorta calcium score; AVCS — aortic valve calcium score; RIMT — right carotid artery IMT; LIMT — left carotid artery IMT; meanpIMT — mean proximal IMT; maxpIMT — maximum proximal IMT; meandIMT — mean distal IMT; maxdIMT — maximum distal IMT