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. 2009 Dec;4(12):1892–1900. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04320709

Table 6.

Multivariate risk factors for the presence of intimal plaque calcification in each coronary artery segment based on logistic regression analysis

Right Coronary Artery, Proximal
Right Coronary Artery, Distal
Left Main Coronary Artery
RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value
Luminal stenosis (%) 1.05 (1.02 to 1.08) <0.001 1.01 (0.96 to 1.03) 0.64 02 (1.00 to 1.05) 0.06
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 0.98 (0.95 to 1.01) 0.15 0.96 (0.93 to 0.99) <0.005 0.97 (0.94 to 0.99) <0.05
Smoking 4.19 (1.16 to 15.07) <0.05 2.07 (0.93 to 9.90) 0.36 0.55 (0.15 to 2.06) 0.38
Diabetes 2.33 (0.70 to 7.75) 0.17 1.26 (0.33 to 4.88) 0.73 0.99 (0.28 to 3.63) 0.99
Age (years) 1.05 (1.01 to 1.11) <0.05 1.09 (1.01 to 1.17) <0.05 1.04 (0.98 to 1.10) 0.17
Calcium-phosphorus product (mg2/dl2) 0.99 (0.95 to 1.05) 0.97 1.01 (0.96 to 1.07) 0.60 0.96 (0.91 to 1.01) 0.12
CRP (mg/dl) 1.07 (0.90 to 1.28) 0.45 1.05 (0.88 to 1.26) 0.59 1.13 (0.87 to 1.48) 0.36
Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery, Proximal
Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery, Distal
RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value
Luminal stenosis (%) 06 (1.02 to 1.11) <0.005 1.02 (0.99 to 1.05) 0.20
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 0.96 (0.93 to 0.99) <0.05 0.98 (0.96 to 0.99) <0.05
Smoking 0.95 (0.21 to 4.31) 0.94 0.63 (0.14 to 2.88) 0.55
Diabetes 6.92 (1.03 to 46.41) <0.05 0.91 (0.24 to 3.39) 0.88
Age (years) 1.05 (0.99 to 1.11) 0.12 98 (0.92 to 1.06) 0.63
Calcium-phosphorus product (mg2/dl2) 1.02 (0.95 to 1.09) 0.56 1.02 (0.97 to 1.08) 0.45
CRP (mg/dl) 1.07 (0.85 to 1.34) 0.59 1.03 (0.82 to 1.30) 0.80
Left Circumflex Coronary Artery, Proximal
Left Circumflex Coronary Artery, Distal
RR (95% CI) P value RR (95% CI) P value
Luminal stenosis (%) 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07) <0.05 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) 0.08
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 0.97 (0.95 to 0.99) <0.05 0.99 (0.96 to 1.02) 0.37
Smoking 1.60 (0.38 to 6.67) 0.52 1.34 (0.27 to 6.56) 0.72
Diabetes 3.10 (0.67 to 13.95) 0.14 5.06 (1.05 to 24.38) <0.05
Age (years) 1.02 (0.97 to 1.08) 0.41 1.01 (0.95 to 1.08) 0.79
Calcium-phosphorus product (mg2/dl2) 03 (0.97 to 1.10) 0.36 1.06 (0.99 to 1.13) 0.08
CRP (mg/dl) 0.93 (0.77 to 1.11) 0.40 0.92 (0.70 to 1.21) 0.55