Measures of carotid and femoral artery atherosclerosis according to PTX3 tertile groups in the Bruneck Study.

Values presented are means±SD. Analyses were conducted in the entire population (All) and separately in those free of CVD (No CVD). P values are for trend and derived from age/sex-adjusted and multivariable (adjustment for age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, HDL and LDL cholesterol, smoking body mass index and waist circumference) linear regression analysis of each variable on loge-transformed PTX3 level. P values in brackets are those from the multivariable models. AS, atherosclerosis score.