Table 2.
Effect sizes (β coefficients, SE, and P Value) for Baseline Vertebral Bone Mineral Density and 5-Year Change in Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Aortic, Carotid, and Coronary Arteries Minimally Adjusted Model and Fully Adjusted Model, Adjustments in Footnotes
| β Coefficient (SE) P Value |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal Aorta | Carotid | Coronary | |
| Model 1a | |||
| Lumbar vBMD | −0.016 (0.005) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.022 (0.03) |
| .0004 | .39 | .47 | |
| Thoracic vBMD | −0.015 (0.004) | 0.002 (0.001) | −0.013 (0.03) |
| .0002 | .12 | .62 | |
| Model 2b | |||
| Lumbar vBMD | −0.013 (0.005) | 0.0002 (0.001) | 0.045 (0.031) |
| .006 | .89 | .15 | |
| Thoracic vBMD | −0.012 (0.004) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.007 (0.027) |
| .005 | .23 | .80 | |
a
Model 1: adjusted for baseline outcome, time between measurements.
b
Model 2 = model 1 + age, sex and baseline HbA1c, eGFR, serum phosphorus, smoking (never/ever), steroids (yes/no), hormone replacement therapy in women (yes/no), calcium supplements (yes/no), vitamin D supplements (yes/no).