Table 4.

Adjusted Relative Differences in the Amount of Coronary Calcium (Agatston Score) When Any Coronary Calcium Is Present, for Women Compared With Men and Stratified by Race/Ethnicity, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000–2002

	Non-Hispanic White		African American		Hispanic		Chinese		Pinteraction for Race and Sex
	Difference	95% CI	Difference	95% CI	Difference	95% CI	Difference	95% CI
Unadjusted	0.50	0.41, 0.60	0.70	0.55, 0.91	0.49	0.37, 0.64	0.73	0.52, 1.01	0.049
Model 1 (adjusted for age)	0.41	0.34, 0.49	0.64	0.50, 0.81	0.43	0.33, 0.56	0.65	0.47, 0.90	0.011
Model 2 (adjusted for age and traditional risk factors)a	0.43	0.35, 0.54	0.59	0.44, 0.78	0.35	0.25, 0.49	0.63	0.41, 0.97	0.008
Model 3 (adjusted for factors in models 1 and 2, physical activity, and diet)	0.41	0.33, 0.52	0.59	0.43, 0.81	0.35	0.24, 0.50	0.62	0.40, 0.98	0.015
Model 4 (adjusted for factors in models 1–3 and psychosocial factors)b	0.43	0.34, 0.54	0.58	0.42, 0.80	0.36	0.25, 0.52	0.66	0.42, 1.03	0.012
Model 5 (adjusted for factors in models 1–4 and socioeconomic position)	0.43	0.33, 0.54	0.57	0.41, 0.80	0.36	0.24, 0.52	0.66	0.41, 1.04	0.022

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^aSmoking, hypertension, diabetes, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, cholesterol, and body mass index.

^bAnxiety, anger, depression, and chronic burden.