Table 2.

Association of Aortic Valve Calcium Severity and Joint National Committee-7 Stage in Participants without Treated Hypertension.

	AVC>0 (N)	Unadjusted Exp(β)† (95% CI)	Adjusted* Exp(β)† (95% CI)
Normal	133	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Pre-HTN	144	1.07 (0.75, 1.52)	0.91 (0.65, 1.29)
Stage I & II	125	1.33 (0.92, 1.92)	1.18 (0.82, 1.70)

^*adjusted for gender, race, body mass index, smoking, diabetes mellitus, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, and lipid lowering meds

^†Exp(β) = relative difference in geometric mean AVC score per higher HTN level.

Abbreviations: AVC, aortic valve calcium; HTN, hypertension.