Table 2.

Left ventricular mass, carotid plaque burden score and coronary artery calcification by average PAT response (quartile-based)

	LV mass (g/m2)				CPB score				Presence of CAC
Quartiles	beta estimate	low CI	high CI	P value	beta estimate	low CI	high CI	P value	OR	low CI	high CI	P value
1	ref				ref				ref
2	−1.2	−5.1	2.8	0.56	0.27	−0.07	0.62	0.12	1.10	0.76	1.59	0.60
3	0.08	−3.9	4.1	0.97	0.32	−0.03	0.67	0.07	1.33	0.92	1.95	0.13
4	5.7	1.5	9.8	0.007	0.41	0.05	0.77	0.02	1.44	0.98	2.15	0.06

Adjusted for site, age, sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, systolic blood pressure and smoking status. LV, left ventricle; CPB, carotid plaque burden; CAC, coronary artery calcium