Table 8.

Median Regression for Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion

Median Regression Models	Estimate	Lower CL	Upper CL	p
Model 1: Unadjusted
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	−0.0144	−0.0324	0.0037	0.1178
Model 2: includes age, gender and race
Age	−0.0810	−0.1525	−0.0096	0.0263
Gender (male vs. female)	3.3608	2.2005	4.5210	<.0001
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian )	0.9842	−0.4308	2.3991	0.1722
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	−0.1906	−2.0793	1.6981	0.8428
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	−0.0103	−0.0238	0.0032	0.1346
Model 3: all predictors
Age	−0.0996	−0.1601	−0.0392	0.0013
Gender (male vs. female)	0.9544	−0.0432	1.9520	0.0607
Race (Caucasian vs. Asian)	1.6921	0.4589	2.9252	0.0073
Race (African-American vs. Asian)	0.5532	−1.4414	2.5478	0.5857
BMI* (obese [BMI≥30] vs. normal [BMI<25])	−0.3259	−1.9246	1.2728	0.6886
BMI (overweight [BMI 25–29] vs. normal [BMI<25])	−0.6627	−1.9812	0.6559	0.3235
Hypertension	0.9793	−0.3532	2.3119	0.1492
Dyslipidemia	−0.8929	−2.0679	0.2820	0.1358
Family History of coronary artery disease	−0.0794	−1.1940	1.0353	0.8887
Previous myocardial infarction	3.3575	1.4069	5.3081	0.0008
Diabetes mellitus	1.1218	−0.1656	2.4093	0.0874
Smoking (current vs. never)	−1.4779	−2.8058	−0.1501	0.0293
Smoking (former vs. never)	−0.6715	−1.8462	0.5033	0.2616
Coronary artery disease (QCA† ≥50)	2.4005	1.1199	3.6811	0.0003
Epicardial fat volume (EFV)	−0.0124	−0.0259	0.0010	0.0690

Median Summed stress score for 1 unit change of EFV.

^*BMI: body mass index;

^†QCA: quantitative coronary angiography