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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2024 Nov 14;31(7):1005–1015. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.10.437

Table 4.

Multivariable-adjusted SHRs (95% CIs) for CAC burden with HF mortality stratified by ASCVD and PREVENT risk groups.

CAC Score Group N Model 1 SHR (95% CI)A p Model 2 SHR (95% CI)B p2
ASCVD Low/Borderline Risk (PCE) 36
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 3.31 (1.40 – 7.82) 0.006 3.14 (1.32 – 7.49) 0.010
100 to 399 3.57 (1.12 – 11.37) 0.031 3.35 (1.02 – 10.96) 0.046
≥400 20.97 (7.15 – 61.44) <0.001 18.69 (6.36 – 54.95) <0.001
Log (CAC+1) 1.43 (1.21 – 1.69) <0.001 1.41 (1.20 – 1.67) <0.001
ASCVD Intermediate Risk (PCE) 76
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 3.56 (1.03 – 12.34) 0.045 3.74 (1.08 – 12.95) 0.037
100 to 399 8.17 (2.44 – 27.37) 0.001 8.46 (2.54 – 8.20) 0.001
≥400 11.33 (3.27 – 39.18) <0.001 11.54 (3.36 – 39.65) <0.001
Log (CAC+1) 1.40 (1.22 – 1.60) <0.001 1.40 (1.22 – 1.60) <0.001
ASCVD High Risk (PCE) 148
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 1.29 (0.48 – 3.50) 0.611 1.33 (0.49 – 3.65) 0.576
100 to 399 1.78 (0.68 – 4.61) 0.237 1.79 (0.69 – 4.66) 0.234
≥400 3.64 (1.48 – 9.02) 0.005 3.55 (1.43 – 8.83) 0.006
Log (CAC+1) 1.39 (1.21 – 1.60) <0.001 1.37 (1.22 – 1.56) <0.001
ASCVD Low/Borderline Risk (PREVENT) 50
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 2.56 (1.11 – 5.90) 0.027 2.46 (1.07 – 5.65) 0.035
100 to 399 4.52 (1.86 – 11.01) 0.001 4.20 (1.69 – 10.44) 0.002
≥400 15.51 (6.01 – 40.05) <0.001 14.53 (5.56 – 37.96) <0.001
Log (CAC+1) 1.42 (1.22 – 1.64) <0.001 1.40 (1.20 – 1.63) <0.001
ASCVD Intermediate Risk (PREVENT) 105
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 3.73 (1.09 – 12.75) 0.036 3.64 (1.07 – 12.41) 0.039
100 to 399 7.55 (2.27 – 25.07) 0.001 6.98 (2.12 – 23.01) 0.001
>400 12.92 (3.88 – 43.06) <0.001 11.53 (3.51 – 37.91) <0.001
Log (CAC+1) 1.46 (1.28 – 1.66) <0.001 1.43 (1.26 – 1.62) <0.001
ASCVD High Risk (PREVENT) 105
0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1 to 99 1.33 (0.43 – 4.12) 0.623 1.41 (0.45 – 4.45) 0.561
100 to 399 1.49 (0.50 – 4.43) 0.477 1.53 (0.51 – 4.62) 0.449
≥400 2.86 (1.01 – 8.08) 0.047 2.89 (1.01 – 8.28) 0.048
Log (CAC+1) 1.32 (1.13 – 1.55) <0.001 1.31 (1.12 – 1.52) 0.001
A:

Adjusted for age, sex, and study site.

B:

Adjusted for age, sex, study site, HTN, HLD, family history, DM, smoker.