Table 2.

Correlations between muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cIMT of all participants.

	Crude Model			Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	R	β*	p	R	β*	p	R	β*	p	R	β*	p
Time for a 3000-m run	0.11	0.114	<0.001	0.17	0.119	0.001	0.18	0.107	0.003	0.18	0.104	0.004
2-min sit-ups numbers	0.07	−0.072	0.02	0.15	−0.083	0.02	0.18	−0.062	0.08
2-min push-ups numbers	0.09	−0.089	0.004	0.16	−0.099	0.006				0.18	−0.080	0.02
Age	0.06	0.062	0.04	0.13	0.056	0.11	0.18	0.073	0.04	0.18	0.072	0.04
Male Sex	0.06	0.062	0.04	0.13	0.043	0.22	0.18	−0.035	0.40	0.18	−0.044	0.28
Active smoking	0.05	−0.045	0.15	0.13	−0.053	0.13	0.18	−0.059	0.09	0.18	−0.058	0.10
Active alcohol intake	0.01	−0.012	0.69	0.13	0.016	0.64	0.18	0.027	0.44	0.18	0.027	0.43
Body mass index	0.01	0.011	0.73	0.13	0.096	0.13	0.18	0.098	0.13	0.18	0.103	0.11
Wasit circumference	0.03	−0.027	0.39	0.13	−0.072	0.28	0.18	−0.102	0.13	0.18	−0.110	0.10
Systolic blood pressure	0.03	−0.027	0.38	0.13	0.009	0.84	0.18	0.028	0.52	0.18	0.028	0.52
Diastolic blood pressure	0.05	−0.054	0.08	0.13	−0.052	0.23	0.18	−0.062	0.15	0.18	−0.062	0.15
Total cholesterol	0.02	−0.024	0.43	0.13	−0.040	0.28	0.18	−0.034	0.36	0.18	−0.030	0.41
High density lipoprotein	0.03	0.025	0.43	0.13	0.028	0.45	0.18	0.032	0.40	0.18	0.031	0.42
Serum triglycerides	0.02	0.021	0.49	0.13	0.078	0.04	0.18	0.072	0.07	0.18	0.070	0.07

Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the associations between muscular strength and cIMT, with the following adjustments—Model 1: age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and serum triglycerides; Model 2: age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, serum triglycerides, 3000 m run time, and 2-min sit-up numbers; Model 3: age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, serum triglycerides, 3000 m run time, and 2-min push-up numbers; β* denotes standardized β. Abbreviations: cIMT, left carotid bulb intima–media thickness.