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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2013 Mar 15;7(2):125–132. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.02.003

Table 3.

Comparison of risk factors in patients with and without high-risk plaque features (HRPFs)

HRPFs (−) HRPFs (+) p
n 289 113
Age 63 (23 – 92) 66 (41 – 87) 0.01
BMI kg/m2 26.5 ± 4.5 26.9 ± 4.1 0.3
Hypercholesterolemia n (%) 169 (59%) 84 (74.3%) 0.003
Smoking n (%) 25 (8.7%) 16 (14.2%) 0.1
Diabetes mellitus n (%) 31 (11.1%) 23 (20.3%) 0.01
Family History n (%) 108 (37.4%) 40 (35.4%) 0.7
Hypertension n (%) 148 (51.2%) 67 (59.3%) 0.1
EFV (cm3) 98 ± 50 116 ± 53 <0.001
Log EFV (cm3) 4.5 ± 0.5 4.7 ±0.4 <0.001
CCS (AU) 18 (0 – 5272) 268 (0 – 2600) <0.001
CCS Category (AU)
0 n (%) 110 (38%) 4 (4%)
1–99 n (%) 84 (29 %) 29 (26%) <0.001
100–399 n (%) 53 (18%) 35 (31%)
>400 n (%) 42 (15%) 45 (30%)

Abbreviations

AU – Agatston Units; BMI – body mass index; CCS – coronary calcium score; EFV – epicardial fat volume.