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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Feb;186(2):547–552. doi: 10.2214/AJR.04.1216

TABLE 2.

Multifactorial Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Calcium Scores for High-Grade Luminal Stenosis and Symptoms

Characteristic Multifactorial

Odds Ratio 95% CI

High-grade stenosis
  Calcium scores (raw numeric) 1.005a 1.001–1.010
  Age (numeric) 1.03 0.93–1.15
  High cholesterol (yes/no) 0.18 0.03–1.24
  Hypertension (yes/no) 0.41 0.06–2.95
  Diabetes (yes/no) 4.67 0.63–34.8
  Smoking (yes/no) 0.18 0.03–1.24
Symptoms
  Calcium scores (raw numeric) 1.008a 1.003–1.013
  Age (numeric) 0.84a 0.74–0.96
  High-grade stenosis (yes/no) 9.29a 1.03–84.0
  High cholesterol (yes/no) 4.02 0.40–40.8
  Hypertension (yes/no) 0.43 0.04–4.57
  Diabetes (yes/no) 2.28 0.36–14.3
  Smoking (yes/no) 0.94 0.16–5.56

Note—The multivariable regression model simultaneously included all variables listed. CI = confidence interval.

a

p < 0.05.