Table 2.
Associations of race/ethnicity and cardiovascular risk factors with LAD CSA, MASALA and CARDIA studies
| LAD CSA Beta Coefficient, Standard Error, p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjustment for age and gender N = 3353 |
Adjustment for age, gender, BMI, height N = 3352 |
Fully adjusteda N = 3269 |
|
| South Asian participants | 0 (reference) | 0 (reference) | 0 (reference) |
| White participants | 1.86 (0.39), < 0.001 | 0.27 (0.39), 0.49 | 0.78 (0.41), 0.05 |
| Black participants | 4.69 (0.42), < 0.001 | 2.28 (0.42), < 0.001 | 2.75 (0.44), < 0.001 |
| Male gender | 6.05 (0.25), < 0.001 | 4.35 (0.32), < 0.001 | 3.76 (0.34), < 0.001 |
| Age, year | 0.13 (0.03), < 0.001 | 0.14 (0.03), < 0.001 | 0.08 (0.03), 0.006 |
| Height, cm | - | 15.1 (1.73), < 0.001 | 15.2 (1.73), < 0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | - | 0.32 (0.02), < 0.001 | 0.28 (0.02), < 0.001 |
| HTN | - | - | 1.21 (0.27), < 0.001 |
| Diabetes | - | - | 0.16 (0.39), 0.68 |
| Current smoker | - | - | -1.12 (0.34), 0.001 |
| Former smoker | - | - | -0.77 (0.29), 0.01 |
| Never smoker | - | - | 0 (reference) |
| HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL | - | - | -0.01 (0.01), 0.42 |
| LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL | - | - | 0.00 (0.00), 0.51 |
| Cholesterol med use | - | - | -0.15 (0.34), 0.65 |
| CAC score 0 | - | - | 0 (reference) |
| CAC score 1–99 | - | - | 1.01 (0.31), 0.001 |
| CAC score ≥ 100 | - | - | 2.47 (0.42), < 0.001 |
aAdjusted for gender, age, BMI, height, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, cholesterol medication use, and CAC categories