Table 3:

Coefficient estimates from confirmatory factor analysis with: age, BMI z score, sex, race, OSA status and PM cytokines (MCP-1, sCD40L, TNF-α, Group 1: (IL-6, IL-8), and Group 2: (SAA, CRP, Adiponectin)) (n=96)

	Composite Mean		Common Peak Systole		Common Peak Diastole		Peterson Common		Mean lumen cross-sectional area of the artery (LCSA)		Mean wall cross-sectional area (WCSA)
	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p	Estimate	p
Age	0.3936	<.0001	0.5722	<.0001	0.4752	<.0001	0.0511	0.4413	0.4746	<.0001	0.6521	<.0001
BMIZ	0.0277	0.7575	0.2621	0.0090	0.1815	0.0354	−0.0746	0.2260	0.1887	0.0337	0.1280	0.1515
Female	0.0034	0.9696	−0.4568	<.0001	−0.2553	0.0036	0.2346	0.0002	−0.2649	0.0033	−0.0714	0.4347
Race (African American)	0.2773	0.0011	−0.0650	0.5133	−0.0495	0.5635	0.0597	0.3268	−0.0395	0.6548	0.2233	0.0104
OSA	−0.0429	0.6491	−0.0540	0.6121	−0.1154	0.2083	−0.0867	0.1822	−0.1294	0.1710	−0.0290	0.7598
MCP-1	0.1096	0.2149	0.0447	0.6555	−0.0358	0.6782	0.0643	0.2925	−0.0396	0.6567	0.0594	0.5050
sCD40L	0.2476	0.0043	0.0920	0.3623	0.0020	0.9819	−0.0006	0.9925	0.0152	0.9430	0.1957	0.0271
TNF-α	−0.0504	0.5811	0.1997	0.0539	0.2121	0.0165	−0.0636	0.3131	0.2211	0.0152	−0.0323	0.7251
Group 1 (IL-6, IL-8)	0.0760	0.4500	−0.2768	0.0142	−0.2221	0.0217	0.1499	0.0311	−0.2119	0.0338	0.0176	0.8619
Group 2 (SAA, CRP, Adiponectin)	0.0088	0.9305	−0.0535	0.6383	−0.0693	0.4795	0.0005	0.9946	−0.0657	0.5152	−0.0751	0.4660