Table 4.

Risk of any CVD event (n = 515) associated with increasing calcified valve score in clinical care patients undergoing routine diagnostic chest CT

	Hazard ratios (95% CI)
	Crude	Adjusted modela
Aortic valve calcification
None	1	1
One affected leaflet	1.79 (1.36–2.36)	1.18 (0.87–1.61)
Two or three affected leaflets	3.32 (1.83–4.96)	2.03 (1.48–2.78)
Mitral valve calcification
None	1	1
One affected leaflet	2.66 (1.89–3.75)	1.83 (1.26–2.64)
Two affected leaflets	3.46 (1.82–6.37)	2.08 (1.04–4.19)
Mitral annular calcification
None	1	1
Presence	2.11(1.59–2.81)	1.53 (1.13–2.08)

CVD cardiovascular disease. CI confidence interval

^aAdjusted model: hazard ratio’s adjusted for age, sex, imaging indication, referral centre