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Table 4 Multiple regression analysis to predict risk factors for abnormal right and left internal carotid velocity and right and left common carotid intima-media thickness among juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

From: Predictors of subclinical cardiovascular affection in Egyptian patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes

	Unstandardized coefficients	t	p	95% confidence interval
	Unstandardized coefficients	t	p	Lower limit	Upper limit
Variables for right internal carotid artery velocity
HDL	− 1.84	2.3	0.006 (S)	− 3.94	− 0.2
ESR	0.67	2.2	0.029 (S)	0.043	1.29
Constant	143.7
Variables for left internal carotid artery velocity
Number of active joints	1.56	2.6	0.016 (S)	0.3	2.8
LDL	0.8	2.7	0.01 (S)	0.2	1.4
Constant	0.98
Variables for right common carotid artery (IMT)
Morning stiffness	0.003	2.617	.015	0.001	0.006
HDL	0.01	2.786	.010	.003	.017
LDL	0.005	3.485	.002	0.002	.007
Constant	− 0.674
Variables for left common carotid artery (IMT)
Morning stiffness	0.003	2.129	.043	0.000	0.005
LDL	0.005	3.796	.001	0.002	0.007
Constant	− 0.31

HDL high-density lipoprotein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, LDL low-density lipoprotein, IMT intima-media thickness

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