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. 2023 Jan 9;30(4):1514–1527. doi: 10.1007/s12350-022-03174-3

Table 2.

Number and percentage of abnormal PET and ≥ 10% ischemia in patients with ZCS and CACS > 0

Age group Overall Male Female
ZCS CACS > 0 P value ZCS CACS > 0 P value ZCS CACS > 0 P value
Abnormal PET
Overall 18/685 (3%) 540/1955 (28%)  < .001 9/241 (4%) 398/1188 (34%)  < .001 9/444 (2%) 142/767 (19%)  < .001
 < 40 0/40 (0%) 1/5 (20%) .111 0/21 (0%) 1/5 (20%) .192 0/19 (0%) 0/0 (0%) ND
40–49 1/104 (1%) 12/66 (18%)  < .001 1/54 (2%) 10/49 (20%) .003 0/50 (0%) 2/17 (12%) .062
50–59 6/253 (2%) 85/380 (22%)  < .001 5/108 (5%) 72/275 (26%)  < .001 1/145 (1%) 13/105 (12%)  < .001
60–69 5/173 (3%) 176/669 (26%)  < .001 1/43 (2%) 139/428 (33%)  < .001 4/130 (3%) 37/241 (15%)  < .001
70–79 6/99 (6%) 169/593 (29%)  < .001 2/12 (17%) 119/316 (38%) .222 4/87 (5%) 50/277 (18%) .002
 ≥ 80 0/16 (0%) 97/242 (40%)  < .001 0/3 (0%) 57/115 (50%) .244 0/13 (0%) 40/127 (32%) .02
≥ 10% ischemia
Overall 3/685 (0.4%) 259/1955 (13%)  < .001 2/241 (0.8%) 194/1188 (16%)  < .001 1/444 (0.2%) 65/767 (8%)  < .001
 < 40 0/40 (0%) 1/5 (20%) .111 0/21 (0%) 1/5 (20%) .192 0/19 (0%) 0/0 (0%) ND
40–49 1/104 (1%) 7/66 (11%) .006 1/54 (2%) 6/49 (12%) .051 0/50 (0%) 1/17 (6%) .254
50–59 1/253 (0.4%) 47/380 (12%)  < .001 1/108 (1%) 40/275 (15%)  < .001 0/145 (0%) 7/105 (7%) .002
60–69 1/173 (1%) 79/669 (12%)  < .001 0/43 (0%) 63/428 (15%) .003 1/130 (1%) 16/241 (7%) .008
70–79 0/99 (0%) 84/593 (14%)  < .001 0/12 (0%) 62/316 (20%) .133 0/87 (0%) 22/277 (8%) .003
 ≥ 80 0/16 (0%) 41/242 (17%) .083 0/3 (0%) 22/115 (19%) 1 0/13 (0%) 19/127 (15%) .215

Table illustrates the number and percentage of patients with abnormal PET (SSS ≥ 4) and ≥ 10% ischemia (SDS ≥ 7) stratified according to the presence of coronary artery calcification. Fisher’s exact test was used to calculated difference between groups