Obesity with metabolic abnormality is associated with the presence of carotid atherosclerosis in Korean men: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Correlations between carotid intima-media thickness value and associated risk factors

	Correlations with CIMT value
	r	p value	ß	p value
Age (years)	0.555	<0.001	0.012	<0.001
Current smoking	−0.003	0.933	0.025	0.004
Heavy drinking	0.087	0.007	–	–
Low physical activity	0.015	0.648	–	–
Diabetes mellitus	0.210	<0.001	0.097	<0.001
Hypertension	0.153	<0.001	–	–
Dyslipidemia	0.044	0.168	–	–
SBP (mmHg)	0.077	0.050	–	–
DBP (mmHg)	−0.006	0.887	–	–
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.088	0.006	0.011	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)^a	0.044	0.173	–	–
LDL-C (mg/dL)	0.083	0.010	0.001	<0.001
HOMA-IR index^a	0.138	<0.001	–	–
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)	−0.190	<0.001	–	–
Metabolic syndrome	0.180	<0.001	–	–

Correlation coefficient (r) and regression coefficient (ß) were obtained by simple- and multiple linear regression analysis. Results in italics indicate statistical significance at the 0.05 level
CIMT carotid intima-media thickness, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure
^aVariables with skewed distributions performed log-transformation

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