Table 2.

Mixed multivariate regression models predicting total plaque volumes and affected vessel length in subjects with coronary plaque (N=110)

	log(total plaque volume)		log(noncalcified volume)		log(calcified volume)		Affected length (mm)
	Beta ± SE	p-value	Beta ± SE	p-value	Beta ± SE	p-value	Beta ± SE	p-value
Age	0.056 ± 0.017	0.002	0.031 ± 0.014	0.02	0.090 ± 0.023	0.0002	1.553 ± 0.593	0.01
Male sex	0.154 ± 0.156	0.33	0.333 ± 0.123	0.008	0.011 ± 0.197	0.96	9.730 ± 5.411	0.08
Hypertension	0.099 ± 0.155	0.52	0.013 ± 0.119	0.91	0.527 ± 0.206	0.01	1.347 ± 5.266	0.80
Diabetes mellitus	0.125 ± 0.178	0.49	0.060 ± 0.135	0.65	0.037 ± 0.231	0.87	5.067 ± 5.994	0.40
Current smoker	−0.017 ±0.169	0.92	−0.115 ± 0.133	0.39	−0.077 ± 0.221	0.73	2.021 ± 5.855	0.73
LDL-C (mg/dl)	−0.002 ± 0.004	0.53	−0.002 ± 0.003	0.44	0.003 ± 0.005	0.57	−0.066 ± 0.128	0.61
HDL-C (mg/dl)	0.003 ± 0.009	0.77	0.010 ± 0.007	0.20	0.017 ± 0.012	0.16	0.436 ± 0.315	0.17
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	0.003 ± 0.002	0.17	0.003 ± 0.002	0.10	0.005 ± 0.003	0.08	0.123 ± 0.078	0.12
Body-mass index (kg/m2)	−0.034 ± 0.027	0.21	−0.011 ± 0.020	0.57	−0.104 ± 0.035	0.004	−1.089 ± 0.894	0.23
Education (years)	−0.050 ± 0.054	0.35	−0.033 ± 0.042	0.44	−0.048 ± 0.067	0.48	−2.216 ± 0.139	0.24
Lp(a) (mg/dl)	0.011 ± 0.004	0.009	0.008 ± 0.003	0.02	0.018 ± 0.006	0.003	0.359 ± 0.139	0.01

LDL = low-density lipoprotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; Lp(a) = lipoprotein(a)