Table 3.

Relationships to Plaque Characteristics (Pearson and Spearman Correlation Coefficient) in All Participants

Characteristic	Percentage of noncalcified plaque	Natural log (Ca score +1)
Traditional risk factors
Age	ρ = −0.12, P =.32	r = 0.36, P < .0001
Framingham risk score	ρ = −0.21, P =.08	r = 0.37, P < .0001
Systolic blood pressure	ρ = 0.04, P =.73	r = 0.12, P =.15
Diastolic blood pressure	ρ = 0.19, P =.10	r = 0.12, P =.15
Total cholesterol	ρ =−0.24, P =.04	r = 0.32, P < .0001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	ρ =−0.18, P =.14	r = 0.25, P =.003
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	ρ =−0.03, P =.78	r = −0.10, P =.25
Triglycerides	ρ =−0.20, P =.09	r = 0.33, p < .0001
Monocyte/macrophage activation markers
sCD163	ρ =0.23, P =.047	r = −0.04, P =.62
Lipopolysaccharide	ρ =0.05, P =.68	r = 0.06, P =.47
sCD14	ρ =0.26, P =.03	r = −0.07, P =.39
Osteopontin	ρ =−0.01, P =.94	r = −0.06, P =.47
Markers of generalized inflammation, coagulation, and cytomegalovirus
hs interleukin-6	ρ =0.17, P =.17	r = 0.03, P =.77
C-reactive protein	ρ =0.14, P =.22	r = −0.07, P =.37
D-dimer	ρ =−0.12, P =.29	r = −0.06, P =.46
Cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin G titers	ρ =−0.10, P =.44	r = 0.16, P =.09