Table 3.

Logistic Regressions Depicting Carotid Plaque’s Association with Aortic and Coronary Calcification

	Aortic Calcification					Coronary Artery Calcification
Carotid Plaque		0–100 versus 0		>100 versus 0			0–10 versus 0		>10 versus 0
Total c	N	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	N	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
1. Unadjusted	511	1.10	0.58–2.08	2.93 b	1.53–5.65	513	0.92	0.50–1.70	1.62	0.90–2.90
2. Fully-Adjusted + race d	402	1.14	0.48–2.72	2.93 a	1.10–7.79	404	0.64	0.28–1.46	1.10	0.46–2.63
African Americans
1. Unadjusted	193	1.06	0.38–2.93	1.00	0.30–3.38	193	0.68	0.27–1.73	0.40	0.13–1.29
2. Fully-Adjusted d	143	0.56	0.11–2.86	0.75	0.10–5.48	143	0.49	0.12–2.08	0.21	0.03–1.52
Caucasians
1. Unadjusted	318	1.03	0.45–2.36	4.85 b	2.19–10.74	320	1.06	0.46–2.43	3.31 b	1.63–6.74
2. Fully-Adjusted d	259	1.16	0.39–3.44	4.12 a	1.29–13.13	261	0.50	0.16–1.57	1.83	0.65–5.19

^ap<0.05

^bp<0.01

^cInteraction of carotid plaque and race was significant for aortic >100 (p=0.03) and coronary calcification >10 (p=0.002).

^dFully-adjusted for adjusted for age, site, LDL, SBP, waist circumference, smoking and menopausal status