Table 4.

Association of pericardial adipose tissue with the presence and severity of coronary artery calcification by race and gender

	Presence			Severity
Stratification variable	N	Prevalence ratio (95% CI)	p-value	N	Difference in log Agatston score (β) (95% CI)	p-value
Race/ethnicity
Caucasians	2,586	1.06 (1.04, 1.08)	<.0001	1,473	0.13 (0.05, 0.21)	0.0016
Chinese Americans	792	1.10 (1.02, 1.18)	0.0168	399	0.16 (−0.04, 0.37)	0.1142
African Americans	1,862	1.07 (1.03, 1.12)	0.0019	813	0.21 (0.08, 0.35)	0.0018
Hispanics	1,487	1.04 (1.00, 1.08)	0.0590	677	0.08 (−0.04, 0.21)	0.1886
p for interaction		0.84			0.55
Gender
Women	3,558	1.08 (1.04, 1.13)	<.0001	1,421	0.10 (−0.01, 0.21)	0.0632
Men	3,169	1.04 (1.03, 1.06)	<.0001	1,941	0.16 (0.09, 0.22)	<.0001
p for interaction		<0.0001			0.47

Estimates are per 42 cm³ increment (one standard deviation in the full cohort) in pericardial adipose tissue. Models are adjusted for study site, age, age squared, gender, race/ethnicity, smoking, physical activity, alcohol and education (main model from Table 3). CI indicates confidence interval. Boldface indicates that the 95% CI does not include the null.