Table 4.

Median Regression for Coronary Calcium Score

Median Regression Models	Estimate	Lower CL	Upper CL	p
Model 1: Unadjusted
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	1.4991	0.1635	2.8347	0.0279
Model 2: includes age, gender and race
Age	7.4310	3.1887	11.6733	0.0006
Gender (male vs. female)	177.5607	120.7255	234.3959	<.0001
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian )	4.8345	−58.8501	68.5191	0.8814
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	−40.8245	−111.636	29.9867	0.2577
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	0.1528	−0.5923	0.8980	0.6870
Model 3: all predictors
Age	3.1339	−0.5691	6.8368	0.0969
Gender (male vs. female)	77.0303	24.6408	129.4197	0.0041
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian )	4.0177	−60.9330	68.9683	0.9032
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	−42.0501	−118.457	34.3563	0.2797
BMI (obese [BMI≥30] vs. normal [BMI<25])	29.1242	−38.1791	96.4275	0.3952
BMI (overweight [BMI 25–29] vs. normal [BMI<25])	0.8471	−58.4900	60.1842	0.9776
Hypertension	32.4875	−29.8496	94.8247	0.3060
Dyslipidemia	24.0807	−24.7714	72.9329	0.3329
Family History of coronary artery disease	30.7022	−18.9112	80.3155	0.2243
Previous myocardial infarction	−21.7638	−104.540	61.0119	0.6053
Diabetes mellitus	−0.5811	−61.9160	60.7539	0.9851
Smoking (current vs. never)	12.1613	−48.8039	73.1266	0.6950
Smoking (former vs. never)	−12.4693	−71.5221	46.5835	0.6781
Coronary artery disease († QCA≥50)	255.4947	187.1849	323.8045	<.0001
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	0.0972	−0.6022	0.7965	0.7848

Median calcium score for 1 unit change of EFV.

^*BMI: body mass index;

^†QCA: quantitative coronary angiography