. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 15.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2008 May 22;102(4):440–443. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.007

Table 2.

Chronic kidney disease, cystatin C, and microalbuminuria and coronary artery calcium and abdominal aortic calcium

	CAC^*		AAC^*
	(n = 1,147)		(n = 1,174)
	OR (95% CI)	p Value	OR (95% CI)	p Value
CKD
Age/gender	1.24 (0.64-2.41)	0.52	1.22 (0.69-2.16)	0.49
Multivariable	1.18 (0.59-2.36)	0.63	1.11 (0.61-2.04)	0.73
Log cysC (per SD)
Age/gender	1.19 (1.01-1.41)	0.04	0.95 (0.81-1.12)	0.55
Multivariable	1.14 (0.95-1.38)	0.15	0.85 (0.71-1.01)	0.06
MA^†
Age/gender	1.16 (0.61-2.19)	0.64	1.53 (0.90-2.62)	0.12
Multivariable	0.81 (0.41-1.61)	0.54	1.10 (0.61-1.99)	0.74

Multivariable models were adjusted for age, gender, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, diabetes, body mass index, total/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipid treatment, and smoking.

CI = confidence interval.

Defined as ≥90th percentile age- and gender-specific cutpoints.

^†

Defined as a urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio ≥30 mg/g.