Table 3.

Associations between traditional cardiovascular risk factors and carotid IMT in patients with JIA and controls.

Variables	Patients, n = 75			Controls, n = 75
Variables	ß	95% CI	p	ß	95% CI	p
Triglycerides	0.038	−0.001 to 0.077	0.057	0.001	−0.028 to 0.027	0.981
LDL	0.034	0.014–0.053	0.001	0.012	−0.007 to 0.031	0.198
HDL	−0.077	−0.124 to −0.030	0.002	0.002	−0.040 to 0.045	0.915
Total cholesterol	0.023	0.004–0.042	0.018	0.012	−0.006 to 0.030	0.187
Glucose	0.068	0.032–0.104	< 0.001	0.033	−0.001 to 0.067	0.060
HbA1c	0.081	0.019–0.143	0.011	0.037	−0.008 to 0.083	0.105
CRP	−5.63 × 10⁻⁵	−0.03 to 0.003	0.973	−0.001	−0.006 to 0.004	0.695
BMI	0.006	0.003–0.010	0.001	0.004	0.001–0.008	0.013
Hypertension	0.091	0.002–0.179	0.044	−0.025	−0.130 to 0.079	0.634
Daily smoking	0.054	0.009–0.098	0.019	−0.002	−0.054 to 0.049	0.927

IMT: intima-media thickness; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; CRP: C-reactive protein; BMI: body mass index.