Common Carotid Artery Diameter and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women

Table 3

Univariate linear regression showing the association of demographic and cardiovascular risk factors with common carotid artery diameter.

	Interadventitial diameter		Lumen diameter
	β (Std error)	𝑃 value	β (Std error)	𝑃 value
Current HT use	−0.157 (0.048)	0.001	−0.132 (0.043)	0.002
Age, years	0.017 (0.008)	0.037	0.005 (0.007)	0.460
African American race	−0.187 (0.076)	0.014	−0.067 (0.068)	0.326
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.007 (0.002)	<0.0001	0.003 (0.002)	0.049
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.003 (0.003)	0.410	0.001 (0.003)	0.796
Pulse pressure, mmHg	0.010 (0.002)	<0.0001	0.004 (0.002)	0.025
Body mass index, kg/m^2	0.031 (0.006)	<0.0001	0.021 (0.006)	0.0001
Weight, kg	0.013 (0.002)	<0.0001	0.009 (0.002)	<0.0001
Height, cm	0.016 (0.004)	<0.0001	0.012 (0.004)	0.001
Waist circumference, cm	0.009 (0.002)	<0.0001	0.007 (0.002)	0.001
Cholesterol, mg/dL	0.001 (0.001)	0.435	0.000 (0.001)	0.532
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	−0.000 (0.002)	0.991	0.000 (0.002)	0.830
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.001 (0.001)	0.338	0.001 (0.001)	0.396
Triglycerides, mg/dL	−0.000 (0.000)	0.631	−0.000 (0.000)	0.406
Glucose, mg/dL	0.009 (0.003)	0.001	0.006 (0.002)	0.013
Insulin, mg/dL	0.012 (0.004)	0.001	0.009 (0.003)	0.006
Current cigarette smoker	−0.205 (0.098)	0.037	−0.116 (0.088)	0.184
Antihypertensive medication use	0.132 (0.057)	0.020	0.088 (0.050)	0.083

Std: standard. HDL: high density lipoprotein. LDL: low density lipoprotein.