Table 3 Comparison of CIMT within quartiles of Hs-CRP/APN ratio

Baseline

0.65 ± 0.14

0.67 ± 0.11

0.70 ± 0.17

0.72 ± 0.15^#

< 0.05

6 months

0.66 ± 0.13

0.69 ± 0.15

0.72 ± 0.12

0.73 ± 0.14^#

< 0.05

12 months

0.68 ± 0.10

0.72 ± 0.11

0.74 ± 0.14

0.76 ± 0.19^#

< 0.05

18 months

0.70 ± 0.11

0.74 ± 0.20

0.77 ± 0.18

0.81 ± 0.18^#

< 0.05

24 months

0.71 ± 0.14

0.77 ± 0.19*

0.79 ± 0.16*

0.86 ± 0.20*^#

< 0.001

P

0.145

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.001