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. 2025 Apr 22;22:100995. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2025.100995

Table 3.

Events in statin recommendation classifications stratified by CCTA.

Hard ASCVD
MACCE
Total Events ( %) Event Rate per 1000 Person-Yrs HR (95 % CI) Events ( %) Event Rate per 1000 Person-Yrs HR (95 % CI)
No plaque
Statin not recommended 2537 5 (0.2 %) 0.6 (0.2–1.4) 1 (reference) 6 (0.2 %) 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 1 (reference)
Moderate-intensity statin 1623 5 (0.3 %) 0.9 (0.4–2.2) 2.1 (0.3–13.2) 6 (0.4 %) 1.1 (0.5–2.5) 2.7 (0.5–14.3)
High-intensity statin 147 0 (0.0 %) 0 0 (0.0 %) 0
Non-obstructive CAD
Statin not recommended 767 9 (1.2 %) 3.5 (1.8–6.6) 1 (reference) 15 (2.0 %) 5.8 (3.5–9.5) 1 (reference)
Moderate-intensity statin 1813 32 (1.8 %) 5.4 (3.9–7.7) 1.0 (0.4–2.6) 60 (3.3 %) 10.2 (7.9–13.1) 1.4 (0.7–2.9)
High-intensity statin 239 6 (2.5 %) 8.1 (3.6–17.9) 1.4 (0.3–6.1) 9 (3.8 %) 12.1 (6.3–23.1) 1.9 (0.7–5.4)
Obstructive CAD
Statin not recommended 133 3 (2.3 %) 6.5 (2.1–20.2) 1 (reference) 7 (5.3 %) 15.3 (7.3–31.8) 1 (reference)
Moderate-intensity statin 504 16 (3.2 %) 10.0 (6.1–16.3) 1.5 (0.3–7.0) 52 (10.3 %) 32.5 (24.9–42.4) 1.9 (0.8–4.8)
High-intensity statin 97 7 (7.2 %) 26.9 (13.0–56.0) 3.6 (0.5–27.0) 15 (15.5 %) 57.7 (35.3–94.4) 3.4 (1.0–11.4)

Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, systolic pressure, fasting plasma glucose, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, coronary artery calcium score, and aspirin use before CCTA.

CCTA, coronary computed tomography angiography; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; MACCE, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; CAD, coronary artery disease.