APOE and diabetes mellitus: The odds of showing a carotid plaque were 4.29 times higher (95% CI 1.16, 15.91, p < 0.05) among those participants genotyped as APOE e4e4 than those genotyped as APOE e3e3 after adjusting for BMI, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, MVPA, VO2max, and aMED score (Table 2).