Table 2:

Unadjusted associations of cardiovascular risk factors with CIMT and IM-GSM

	CIMT‡ (μm)			IM-GSM¥ (unitless)
	β-estimate	(SE)	p-value	β-estimate	(SE)	p-value
Age, years	5.288	(0.565)	<.0001	−0.235	(0.062)	0.0002
Race
White non-Hispanic	ref			ref
Black non-Hispanic	43.33	(14.35)	0.003	−4.54	(1.48)	0.002
Hispanic	−21.46	(12.06)	0.08	−5.50	(1.25)	<.0001
Asian	−14.78	(15.16)	0.33	−0.99	(1.57)	0.53
Body mass index, kg/m2	2.724	(0.76)	0.0004	−0.853	(0.07)	<.0001
Physical activity, MET hours/week	0.031	(0.20)	0.88	0.077	(0.02)	0.0002
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	0.291	(0.13)	0.03	−0.041	(0.01)	0.003
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	−0.501	(0.24)	0.03	0.147	(0.02)	<.0001
Triglycerides, mg/dl	0.098	(0.08)	0.20	−0.046	(0.008)	<.0001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	2.609	(0.32)	<.0001	−0.198	(0.03)	<.0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	1.489	(0.59)	0.01	−0.285	(0.06)	<.0001
Antihypertensive medication use	23.49	(9.73)	0.02	−4.84	(0.99)	<.0001
Glucose, mg/dl	0.682	(0.40)	0.09	−0.209	(0.04)	<.0001
Leptin, ng/ml	0.558	(0.28)	0.05	−0.214	(0.03)	<.0001
Adiponectin, μg/ml	−0.909	(0.61)	0.13	0.272	(0.06)	<.0001
Ghrelin, pg/ml	−0.009	(0.009)	0.33	0.005	(0.001)	<.0001
IL-6, pg/ml	8.967	(3.40)	0.009	−1.283	(0.35)	0.0003
ICAM-1, ng/ml	0.148	(0.06)	0.01	−0.021	(0.006)	0.0006
VCAM-1, ng/ml	0.025	(0.025)	0.31	0.0016	(0.003)	0.55
E-selectin, ng/ml	0.500	(0.40)	0.21	−0.252	(0.04)	<0.0001
P-selectin, ng/ml	0.120	0.144)	0.40	−0.008	(0.015)	0.57
MIP-1α, pg/ml	−0.0001	(0.013)	0.99	−0.0001	(0.001)	0.95
TNF-α, pg/ml	0.519	(1.61)	0.79	−0.204	(0.167)	0.22
INF-γ, pg/ml	−0.561	(1.23)	0.65	−0.092	(0.129)	0.47
IL-1α, pg/ml	0.040	(0.08)	0.65	−0.007	(0.009)	0.43
IL-1β, pg/ml	−0.003	(0.03)	0.91	−0.001	(0.003)	0.74
IL-8, pg/ml	0.004	(0.22)	0.83	−0.003	(0.002)	0.21
IL-10, pg/ml	−0.015	(0.04)	0.71	−0.0008	(0.004)	0.85
MCP-1, pg/ml	0.041	(0.028)	0.15	−0.004	(0.003)	0.20

^‡Carotid artery Intima-media thickness

^¥Intima-media gray scale median