Fig. 2

Subgroup analyses of the association between MMSE score and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in males (a) and females (b). The multivariate model was adjusted for age, education, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genotype, smoking status, alcohol consumption, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, total homocysteine, estimated glomerular filtration rate, total homocysteine, treatment group and research center, with the exception of the variable that was stratified