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Heart 95:642-645 doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.142836
  • Original article

Early increase of carotid intima-media thickness in children with parental history of premature myocardial infarction

Table 3 Results of multivariable regression analysis for mean common carotid intima-media thickness difference in matched pairs.
Independent variable β SE p Value
Constant 0.000 0.012 0.977
PHPMI 0.077 0.014 <0.001
Apo-B 0.001 0.001 0.021
Systolic blood pressure 0.001 0.001 0.279
Lp(a) 0.000 0.000 0.593
  • Dependent variable, difference in matched pairs for mean common carotid artery IMT.

  • Independent variables, difference in matched pairs for each of the variable.

  • The mean value of combined sides was used for carotid IMT.

  • Apo, apolipoprotein; IMT, intima-media thickness; Lp(a): lipoprotein(a).

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