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Published in final edited form as: J Ultrasound Med. 2022 Apr 7;42(1):35–44. doi: 10.1002/jum.15985

Table 4:

Comparison of R² for sets of cardiovascular risk factors between CIMT and IM-GSM

	CIMT (μm)		IM-GSM (unitless)
	Beta (SE)	P-value	Beta (SE)	P-value
Model 1:
^*Basic demographic model + lipids	R²difference =0.01		^†R²difference = 0.02
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	−0.35 (0.27)	0.19	0.02 (0.03)	0.36
LDL-Cholesterol, mg/dl	0.33 (0.13)	0.01	−0.03 (0.01)	0.01
Triglycerides, mg/dl	−0.10 (0.09)	0.24	−0.01 (0.01)	0.33
Model 2:	R²difference = 0.01		R²difference = 0.01
Basic demographic model + diastolic blood pressure (DBP)	R²difference = 0.01		R²difference = 0.01
DBP, mmHg	1.61 (0.56)	0.004	−0.14 (0.06)	0.01
Model 3:	R²difference = 0.04		R²difference = 0.02
Basic demographic model + systolic blood pressure (SBP)	R²difference = 0.04		R²difference = 0.02
SBP mmHg	1.89 (0.32)	<0.0001	−0.11 (0.03)	0.0006
Model 4:	R²difference = 0.001		R²difference = 0.01
Basic demographic model + Glucose	R²difference = 0.001		R²difference = 0.01
Glucose, mg/dl	0.27 (0.38)	0.49	−0.10 (0.04)	0.008
Model 5:
Basic demographic model + Inflammatory markers	R²difference = 0.005		R²difference = 0.013
Il_6, pg/ml	6.05 (3.21)	0.06	−0.53 (0.32)	0.10
ICAM-1, ng/ml	0.05 (0.06)	0.42	−0.002 (0.006)	0.74
E-selectin, ng/ml	−0.16 (0.42)	0.71	−0.09 (0.04)	0.03
Model 6^‡:
Basic demographic model + Adipokines	R²difference = 0.01		R²difference = 0.07
Leptin, ng/ml	0.32 (0.29)	0.27	−0.16 (0.003)	<.0001
Adiponectin, μg/ml	−1.06 (0.58)	0.07	0.16 (0.06)	0.01
Ghrelin, pg/ml	−0.005 (0.01)	0.61	0.0002 (0.001)	0.08

Basic demographic model includes age race, BMI, and MET (R²= 0.16 for CIMT and 0.22 for IM-GSM)

^†

(R² of each model – R² of basic demographic model)

^‡

Basic demographic model includes age, race, and MET (R²= 0.14 for CIMT and 0.08 for IM-GSM)