Table 2.

Characteristics of the study population.

Variable	Cardiac calcium absent (N = 17)	Cardiac calcium present (N = 56)	P value
Age (±SD)	52.4 (13.3)	58.8 (11.9)	0.04
Race (%)
Asian	41.2	60.7	0.16
Black	41.2	30.4	0.42
White	17.6	8.9	0.31
Male (%)	17.6	46.4	0.034
Diabetes (%)	12.5	18.5	0.58
Hyperlipidemia (%)	12.5	35.2	0.082
Smoking (%)	18.8	22.2	0.77
Hypertension (%)	25	29.6	0.72
Family history of CAD (%)	12.5	11.11	0.89
Chronic kidney disease (%)	0	3.7	0.44
GFR (mL/min ± SD)	106.8 (23.8)	99.7 (25.9)	0.37
Periodontal score (±SD)	1.52 (0.75)	2.31 (0.84)	01