Blood Cd levels and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults living in Padang, Indonesia

Ilmiawati, Cimi; Reza, Mohamad; Yanni, Mefri; Rusjdi, Dina Arfiani

doi:10.1186/s13104-020-05042-0

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Table 3 Predictors of CIMT; results of multiple regression analysis by enter method

From: Blood Cd levels and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults living in Padang, Indonesia

	Adjusted R²	Predictors	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized β coefficient	95% CI for β		p-value
	Adjusted R²	Predictors	B	Standard error	Standardized β coefficient	Lower bound	Upper bound	p-value
CCA IMT (µm)	0.219	Constant	39.367	11.538				0.001
		Age (years)	0.612	0.433	0.118	− 0.047	0.283	0.160
		Sex (0 = male, 1 = female)	− 6.210	1.610	− 0.438	− 0.662	− 0.214	<0.001
		BMI (kg/m²)	0.160	0.128	0.099	− 0.058	0.256	0.214
		Parental education^a	0.117	0.733	0.012	− 0.137	0.161	0.873
		Exposure to cigarette smoke^b	0.909	0.785	0.096	− 0.068	0.260	0.249
		Systolic BP (mmHg)	0.047	0.045	0.097	− 0.087	0.281	0.297
		Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	− 0.026	0.020	− 0.108	− 0.270	0.054	0.189
		HDL− cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.018	0.026	0.058	− 0.106	0.222	0.488
		Haemoglobin (g/dL)	− 0.547	0.299	− 0.177	− 0.368	0.014	0.069
		Blood glucose (mg/dL)	− 0.020	0.066	− 0.025	− 0.188	0.138	0.759
		ln Blood Cd	− 0.561	0.438	− 0.101	− 0.257	0.055	0.203
ICA IMT (µm)	0.165	Constant	43.531	11.328				<0.001
		Age (years)	0.476	0.425	0.097	− 0.074	0.268	0.265
		Sex (0 = male, 1 = female)	− 7.127	1.581	− 0.529	− 0.761	− 0.297	<0.001
		BMI (kg/m²)	0.165	0.126	0.107	− 0.054	0.268	0.193
		Parental education^a	− 0.287	0.720	− 0.031	− 0.185	0.123	0.691
		Exposure to cigarette smoke^b	− 0.912	0.771	− 0.101	− 0.270	0.068	0.239
		Systolic BP (mmHg)	− 0.039	0.044	− 0.085	− 0.275	0.105	0.377
		Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.008	0.019	0.035	− 0.131	0.201	0.681
		HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	− 0.005	0.026	− 0.016	− 0.176	0.147	0.852
		Haemoglobin (g/dL)	− 0.463	0.294	− 0.158	− 0.356	0.040	0.117
		Blood glucose (mg/dL)	0.045	0.065	0.058	− 0.106	0.223	0.483
		ln Blood Cd	− 0.289	0.430	− 0.055	− 0.217	0.107	0.503

BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, CI confidence interval, CIMT carotid intima-medial thickness, CCA common carotid artery, ICA internal carotid artery, IMT intima-medial thickness, ln natural log transformed
^a1 = without college education, 2 = college education, 3 = postgraduate education
^b1 = never, 2 = sometimes, 3 = frequently, 4 = always

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