Differential effects of the changes of LDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure on the risk of carotid artery atherosclerosis

Table 2 The estimated coefficients, standard errors, and significance levels of repeated measurements of systolic blood pressure and LDL-C levels for the carotid IMT magnitude using traditional multiple linear regression model in the study participants

Covariates	Unit	Estimate	Standard error	P
Intercept		−1.76	0.58	0.003
Age	+1 yr	0.086	0.004	<.0001
Gender	Men vs. women	0.56	0.13	<.0001
Body mass index	+1 kg/m²	−0.018	0.015	0.23
Smoking status	Yes vs. no	0.316	0.135	0.019
1st HDL cholesterol	+1 mg/dL	−0.004	0.004	0.28
1st fasting glucose	+1 mg/dL	0.002	0.002	0.18
1st Systolic BP	+1 mmHg	0.009	0.003	0.007
2nd Systolic BP	+1 mmHg	0.017	0.003	<.0001
3rd Systolic BP	+1 mmHg	0.005	0.003	0.16
1st LDL cholesterol	+1 mg/dL	0.001	0.001	0.39
2nd LDL cholesterol	+1 mg/dL	0.001	0.001	0.37
3rd LDL cholesterol	+1 mg/dL	0.003	0.002	0.07

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