Table 7.

Odds Ratios for Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion (SPECT SSS^*>0)

Logistic Regression Models	Odds ratio	Lower CL	Upper CL	p
Model 1: Unadjusted
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	0.996	0.992	1.001	0.1341
Model 2: includes age, gender and race
Age	0.976	0.951	1.001	0.0621
Gender (male vs. female)	2.282	1.454	3.582	0.0003
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian )	1.517	0.950	2.422	0.0810
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	1.172	0.561	2.451	0.6727
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	0.996	0.991	1.001	0.0972
Model 3: all predictors
Age	0.967	0.936	0.999	0.0431
Gender (male vs. female)	1.706	0.991	2.938	0.0541
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian )	1.807	0.974	3.354	0.0607
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	1.532	0.621	3.783	0.3548
BMI†(obese [BMI≥30] vs. normal [BMI<25])	0.749	0.348	1.610	0.4591
BMI (overweight [BMI 25–29] vs. normal [BMI<25])	0.604	0.327	1.116	0.1071
Hypertension	1.447	0.738	2.838	0.2817
Dyslipidemia	0.703	0.398	1.242	0.2251
Family History of coronary artery disease	1.161	0.700	1.924	0.5629
Previous myocardial infarction	3.153	1.679	5.921	0.0004
Diabetes mellitus	1.537	0.907	2.604	0.1100
Smoking (current vs. never)	0.711	0.355	1.425	0.3361
Smoking (former vs. never)	1.022	0.581	1.797	0.9411
Coronary artery disease (QCA‡ ≥50)	2.899	1.687	4.981	0.0001
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	0.995	0.989	1.001	0.1197

Odds ratios relate to 1 unit change of EFV.

^*SSS: summed Stress score;

^†BMI: body mass index;

^‡QCA: quantitative coronary angiography