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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Feb 27;7(3):446–453. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000980

Table 3. Distribution of coronary plaque by strength of sibling history (N=338).

Strong Sib History
(n=49)
Median [IQR]		 Lesser Sib History
(n=289)
Median [IQR]		 Unadjusted p-value Adjusted p-value*
Any plaque, % 83.7 63.3 0.007 0.04
Total plaque (mm3) 278.2 [653.6] 85.3 [314.9] <0.001 0.05
*

A multivariate GEE regression model controlled for age, sex, race, current smoking, hypertension, diabetes, LDL cholesterol, statin medication use, and within family correlations.