Table 2.

Age and Age-adjusted Characteristics of women (n=220) according to CAC score

	CACS
	0–10 (n=108)	11–100 (n=50)	101–399 (n=41)	≥400 (n=21)
Age (years)*	64.5 ± 0.6	70.1 ± 1.0	72.3 ± 0.9	71.1 ± 1.4
Past or current smoking (%)	49.7 ± 5.2	44.2 ± 7.2	56.5 ± 8.2	57.4 ± 11.1
Exercise ≥ 3 times / week (%)	75.2 ± 4.5	72.0 ± 6.3	79.0 ± 7.2	59.1 ± 9.7
Alcohol ≥ 3 times / week (%)	48.7 ± 5.1	55.8 ± 7.1	32.2 ± 8.1	58.7 ± 10.9
Anti-hypertensive medication (%)	23.8 ± 4.5	34.3 ± 6.3	23.6 ± 7.2	30.9 ± 9.7
Anti-lipid medication (%)‡	11.2 ± 4.0	22.6 ± 5.5	32.8 ± 6.3	19.9 ± 8.5
Anti-diabetes medication (%)†	0.0 ± 1.2	0.4 ± 1.6	5.7 ± 1.9	5.4 ± 2.5
Current/past estrogen therapy (%)†	72.2 ± 4.8	55.9 ± 6.7	54.9 ± 7.7	42.9 ± 10.6
Body mass index (kg/m2)	25.5 ± 0.5	25.6 ± 0.7	26.5 ± 0.8	26.7 ± 1.0
Waist circumference (cm) ‡	78.8 ± 1.2	80.0 ± 1.7	83.8 ± 1.9	82.6 ± 2.6
Waist-hip ratio ‡	0.77 ± 0.01	0.77 ± 0.01	0.80 ± 0.01	0.79 ± 0.02
Fat compartments by EBCT	(n=104)	(n=49)	(n=40)	(n=19)
Visceral fat (cm3)	59.2 ± 3.6	63.2 ± 4.9	67.2 ± 5.6	63.1 ± 7.9
Subcutaneous fat (cm3)	155.4 ± 7.5	141.1 ± 10.3	167.8 ± 11.8	154.0 ± 16.6
Visceral fat / subcutaneous fat	0.41 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.03	0.44 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.05
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) ‡	126.7 ± 1.9	130.2 ± 2.6	127.8 ± 3.0	141.5 ± 4.0
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	74.9 ± 0.8	76.7 ± 1.1	73.0 ± 1.3	76.9 ± 1.7
Pulse pressure (mmHg) †	51.8 ±1.4	53.5 ± 2.0	54.8 ± 2.3	64.6 ± 3.1
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	121.7 ± 3.1	122.4 ± 4.3	121.1 ± 4.9	142.2 ± 6.7
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	69.0 ± 1.7	68.3 ± 2.4	58.7 ± 2.7	66.8 ± 3.7
LDL / HDL cholesterol ‡	1.89 ± 0.08	1.96 ± 0.11	2.16 ± 0.13	2.36 ± 0.18
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	5.34 ± 0.10	5.64 ± 0.14	5.93 ± 0.16	5.59 ± 0.21
Fasting insulin (pmol/l)	104.3 ± 7.9	115.0 ± 11.3	136.2 ± 12.7	103.0 ± 17.2

Data are mean ± SEM or %.

EBCT, electron beam computed tomography.

Fasting glucose and fasting insulin were log-transformed.

^*p for trend < 0.001

^†p < 0.01

^‡p < 0.05.