Association between markers of glycemia and carotid intima-media thickness: the MARK study

Table 2 Bivariate correlations of markers of dysglycemia with IMT and other cardiovascular risk factors

	FPG (mg/dL)	Average PG (mg/dL)	HbA1c %
Average mean IMT (mm)	0.179**	0.182**	0.191**
Maxima men IMT (mm)	0.173**	0.207**	0.182**
Age (year)	0.058	0.157*	0.019
Body mass index	0.201**	0.081	0.226**
Heart rate. bpm	0.184**	0.123*	0.155**
No HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.171**	0.069	0.065
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	0.115*	0.049	0.059
Alcohol drinking (gr/week)	−0.064	−0.075	−0.094
METs/hour/week	−0.130*	−0.109	−0.116

IMT intima-media thickness of common carotid artery, FPG fasting plasma glucose, PG postprandial glucose, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, HDL high density lipoprotein, METs metabolic equivalents
P-values by Pearson correlation. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01

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