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Table 3 Associationsa of individual biomarkers with inter-adventitial diameter and common carotid artery intima-media thickness

From: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness increases throughout the pregnancy cycle: a prospective cohort study

Biomarker

Inter-adventitial Diameterb

Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thicknessb

β (SE)

P-value

β (SE)

P-value

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

−0.001 (0.1)

0.18

−0.000 (.00)

0.95

HDL-c (mg/dl)

0.002 (.00)

0.52

−0.000 (.00)

0.39

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

−0.001 (.00)

0.01

0.000 (.00)

0.45

LDL-c (mg/dl)

−0.001 (.00)

0.38

−0.000 (.00)

0.80

hsCRP (mg/L)

0.004 (.00)

0.03

0.000 (.00)

0.54

Fasting insulin (μU/ml)

0.004 (.01)

0.55

−0.002 (.00)

0.13

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

−0.005 (.00)

0.13

−0.001 (.00)

0.09

Log HOMA-IR

−0.013 (.07)

0.86

−0.029 (.01)

0.02

  1. aLinear mixed models
  2. bModels include time point in pregnancy cycle (trimester or postpartum), age, pre-pregnancy BMI, systolic blood pressure, and weight change from pre-pregnancy baseline
  3. β represents change in millimeters