Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics, conventional lipid profile, and vertical autoprofile–derived lipid subfractions

Variable	All (n = 410)	CAC
		Absent (n = 113)	Present (n = 297)	p Value
Women	118 (28.8%)	46 (40.7%)	60 (20.2%)	<0.001
Age (yrs)	57.3 ± 11	50.3 ± 10	59.0 ± 10
White	239 (58.3%)	50 (44.3%)	194 (65.3%)	<0.001
Hypertension	135 (32.9%)	25 (22.1%)	122 (41.1%)	0.002
Diabetes mellitus	45 (11.0%)	6 (5.3%)	45 (15.2%)	0.001
Current smoking	61 (14.9%)	11 (9.7)	54 (18.2%)	0.103
Body mass index (kg/m2)	28 ± 4	27 ± 8	29 ± 6	0.092
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	197 ± 45	214 ± 57	191 ± 40	0.216
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	128 ± 39	138 ± 39	124 ± 36	0.061
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)				0.016
Median	46	48	44
Interquartile range	39–58	40–64	37–56
Triglycerides (mg/dl)				0.102
Median	125	126	100
Interquartile range	79–188	50–168	55–153
Low-density lipoprotein–real (mg/dl)	108 ± 34	102 ± 32	112 ± 32	0.161
High-density lipoprotein subtype 2 (mg/dl)	12 ± 7	13 ± 7	11 ± 7	0.006
High-density lipoprotein subtype 3 (mg/dl)	26 ± 6	27 ± 6	25 ± 6	0.069
Very-low-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)				0.090
Median	16	19	15
Interquartile range	10–25	7–24	8–22
Intermediate density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	14 ± 8	17 ± 8	13 ± 7	0.508
Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dl)	7.5 ± 4.2	8.4 ± 3.6	7.1 ± 3.8	0.009
Low-density lipoprotein pattern B	205 (50%)	27 (24%)	178 (60%)	0.011

Data are presented as mean ± SD, n (%), or median and interquartile range.