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

Table 3 Multiple regression analysis with vascular structure as dependent variable and markers of dysglycemia as independent variable

Dependent variable:	β	CI 95 %	p value
Average mean IMT Model 1
FPG (mg/dL)	0.046	0.020 to 0.073	0.001
Average PG (mg/dL)	0.035	0.009 to 0.060	0.008
HbA1c (%)	1.658	0.813 to 2.503	<0.001
Average maxima IMT Model 1
FPG (mg/dL)	0.055	0.022 to 0.088	0.001
Average PG (mg/dL)	0.041	0.009 to 0.072	0.012
HbA1c %	1.955	0.908 to 0.302	<0.001
Average mean IMT Model 2
FPG (mg/dL)	0.042	0.002 to 0.082	0.040
Average PG (mg/dL)	0.021	−0.010 to 0.051	0.188
HbA1c (%)	1.589	0.435 to 2.771	0.009
Average maxima IMT Model 2
FPG (mg/dL)	0.052	0.002 to 0.102	0.042
Average PG (mg/dL)	0.024	−0.015 to 0.062	0.225
HbA1c (%)	1.907	0.435 to 3.378	0.011

Dependent variable: IMT: Intima-media thickness of common carotid artery
Indepedent variable: fasting glucose (mg/dL), average postprandial glycemia (mg/dL) and HbA1c (%)
Adjusted by: Model 1: age and gender
Modelo 2: age, gender, heart rate, smoker, body mass index, no HDL-Cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, antihypertensive drugs, lipid lowering drugs, antidiabetic drugs alcohol drinking (gr/week), METs/hour/week
β regression coefficient, CI confidence interval, IMT intima-media thickness of common carotid artery, FPG fasting plasma glucose, PG postprandial glucose, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin

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