Table 5.

Association of Descending Thoracic calcification and coronary calcium stratified by gender.

	Women			Men
	Prevalence Ratio	95% CI	p-value	Prevalence Ratio	95% CI	p-value
Unadjusted
DTAC=0	1.00 (ref)	--	--	1.00 (ref)	--	--
DTAC>0	1.43	1.22, 1.67	<0.001	1.42	1.28, 1.57	<0.001
Ln(DTAC+1)	1.11	1.09, 1.14	<0.001	1.03	1.02, 1.05	<0.001
Fully adjusted*
DTAC=0	1.00 (ref)	--	--	1.00 (ref)	--	--
DTAC>0	1.26	1.08, 1.47	0.003	1.19	1.07, 1.32	0.001
Ln(DTAC+1)	1.04	1.02, 1.06	<0.001	0.99	0.98, 1.01	0.430

^*adjusted for age, gender, race, smoking, hypertension, Diabetes, Family History of Heart Disease, LDL, HDL, lipid lowering medications, interleuken-6, fibrinogen, Factor VIII, body mass index. PR=prevalence Ratio; DTAC = descending thoracic aortic calcification