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Table 3 Determinants of thicker carotid IMT and carotid plaque formation in the Logistic regression model

From: Prehypertension is associated with increased carotid atherosclerotic plaque in the community population of Southern China

Determinants

Thicker carotid IMT

P value

Carotid plaque formation

Pvalue

 

(OR and its 95% CI)

 

(OR and its 95% CI)

 

 Age

1.11 (1.07, 1.14)

<0.001

1.10 (1.07, 1.13)

<0.001

 Sex

1.86 (1.21, 2.86)

0.005

NS

NS

 Central obesity

1.62 (1.11, 2.37)

0.013

1.55 (1.08, 2.22)

0.017

 Smoking

1.99 (1.22, 3.24)

0.006

1.51 (1.02, 2.23)

0.040

 Blood pressure levels

   Prehypertension

1.65 (0.97, 2.82)

0.067

2.36 (1.43, 3.88)

0.001

   Hypertension

2.33 (1.40, 3.87)

0.001

1.88 (1.15, 3.07)

0.012

  1. Thicker carotid IMT: upper quintile value of IMT.
  2. IMT, intima-media thickness; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NS, non-significant.