Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 3 Multiple linear regression with the mean carotid IMT as a dependent variable

From: Association of serum angiopoietin-like protein 2 with carotid intima-media thickness in subjects with type 2 diabetes

		Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variables	β	B (SE)	P value	β	B (SE)	P value
Age (years)	0.376	0.005 (0.001)	<0.001	0.374	0.005 (0.001)	<0.001
Male (vs. female)	0.235	0.054 (0.018)	0.002	0.257	0.060 (0.015)	<0.001
BMI	0.093	0.003 (0.003)	0.234
WC	0.176	0.002 (0.001)	0.023
Systolic BP	0.242	0.002 (0.001)	0.002	0.165	0.001 (0.001)	0.016
Diastolic BP	0.177	0.002 (0.001)	0.023
Current smoker^a	−0.009	−0.003 (0.023)	0.908
Duration of diabetes (years)	0.146	0.003 (0.001)	0.060
HTN medication use^b	0.185	0.043 (0.018)	0.017
Statin use^b	−0.060	−0.016 (0.021)	0.443
FPG	0.076	0.000 (0.000)	0.329
HbA1c^c	0.089	0.080 (0.070)	0.253
Total cholesterol	−0.006	0.000 (0.000)	0.938
TG^d	−0.026	−0.006 (0.018)	0.737
LDL-C	0.000	0.000 (0.000)	0.995
HDL-C	−0.048	0.000 (0.001)	0.538
Uric acid	0.162	0.014 (0.007)	0.037
AST^c	0.044	0.014 (0.024)	0.572
ALT^c	0.051	0.011 (0.016)	0.511
hsCRP^c	0.057	0.006 (0.009)	0.513
UACR^c	−0.004	0.000 (0.007)	0.958
eGFR	−0.153	−0.001 (0.000)	0.049
HOMA-IR^c	−0.029	−0.003 (0.010)	0.730
Adiponectin	−0.095	−0.002 (0.002)	0.224
Serum ANGPTL2	0.220	0.010 (0.003)	0.004	0.263	0.012 (0.003)	<0.001

β: standardized coefficient, B: unstandardized coefficient, SE: standard error.
^avs. noncurrent smoker.
^bvs. nonuser.
^cLogarithmic transformation was performed.

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