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Table 1 Demographics and risk factors

From: An alternative method for quantifying coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

Characteristic

AS = 0 (n = 3299)

AS > 0 (n = 3269)

SWCS 0–0.78 <50% tile (n = 1649)

SWCS 0.78-284.48 >50%tile (n = 1650)

P*

All

SWCS

0.22-4262.70

Age (year)

57.88

58.06

0.56

57.97

66.40

Male Sex (%)

30.38% (501)

42.73% (705)

<0.001

36.56% (1206)

57.63% (1884)

Hypertension (%)

30.38% (501)

40.24% (664)

<0.001

35.31% (1165)

54.70% (1788)

Treated Diabetes (%)

4.44% (73)

10.23% (168)

<0.001

7.33% (241)

12.83% (418)

Current Smoker (%)

14.20% (233)

12.78% (210)

0.25

13.49% (443)

12.84% (419)

Framingham 10-yr Risk (Mean [SD])

0.080 (0.062)

0.102 (0.073)

<0.001

0.083 (0.063)

0.137 (0.094)

  1. P-value is for difference between SWCS <50th percentile and SWCS >50th percentile. Calculated using t-test for age, and chi-squared tests for other characteristics. Framingham 10-yr Risk calculated using Circulation 1998 method.
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