Table 3.

Meta-analysis: pooled risk factors and their ORs predicting CAC presence.

Risk Factors	Pooled or (95% CI)	p for Overall Effect	Studies	Patient Numbers	Egger’s Test
					Intercept	t-Value	p-Value
Age (years)	1.07 (1.00–1.04)	0.04	[10,14,18]	1163
Male gender	1.47 (1.05–2.06)	0.02	[12,14,16,17,18]	11,594	2.29	2.42	0.09
Hypertension	1.71 (1.51–1.94)	<0.00001	[10,11,12,14,16,17,18]	12,682	0.94	0.78	0.47
Diabetes mellitus	1.34 (1.02–1.75)	0.03	[10,11,12,14,16,17,18]	12,682	0.81	0.83	0.44
Smoking	1.42 (0.90–2.22)	0.13	[10,11,12,14,16,17,18]	12,682	3.39	1.84	0.12
Dyslipidaemia	1.25 (0.81–1.94)	0.31	[10,12,16,17]	10,853	1.09	0.64	0.59