In addition, as insulin levels were unavailable at examination years 2 and 5, we re-examined three exposures of interest in relation to incidence of HTN using examination year 7 as baseline.
Table 4 The distribution of CBCT examination after 2.5 years CBCT examination (year) Number of patients 0 1 0 1–2 14 2–3 5 3–4 5 4–5 6 Mean 2.5 Total: 30.
Three knots were placed for the year at examination (year 1954, 1959 and 1964) and four knots for the year of birth (year 1930 , 1935 1940, 1945 and 1950).
Data from each examination year are cross sectional.
The later examination year, the more teeth were left.
Multivariable regression models assessed the influence of examination year 5 modifiable risk factors on examination year 25 LAD, LAD/BSA and LAD/height.
Higher BMI was related to higher CARDIA examination year 25 LAD and LAD/height.
CARDIA examination year 25 echocardiography used Artida cardiac ultrasound machines (Toshiba Medical Systems, Otawara, Japan), following acquisition and interpretation protocols similar to examination year 5. LADs from examination years 5 and 25 were indexed to BSA and height (in meters) from the corresponding examination year.
Of note, when we used examination year 7 as baseline, the results were consistent.
We defined presence of diabetes at baseline if any of these criteria was present at examination year 5. New cases of diabetes at examination year 25 were computed if the criteria for diabetes were established over the period between examination year 5 and the end of follow-up at examination year 25.
In table 4, we show the results for multivariable regression models assessing simultaneously baseline (CARDIA examination year 5) and 20-year change covariates for the endpoints (measured at CARDIA examination year 25) of LAD, LAD/BSA and LAD/height.
