TABLE 3.

Odds for increasing increments of AAC and TAC: the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study (1990 to 2000)

	AAC		TAC
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age (per 10 years)	3.36	3.00–3.75	4.14	3.59–4.76
Men vs. women	1.11	0.91–1.34	0.61	0.48–0.77
Race/ethnic group
Non-Hispanic White	1.00 (Reference)	–	1.00 (Reference)	–
Chinese	0.95	0.71–1.28	1.12	0.78–1.60
African American	0.41	0.32–0.53	0.39	0.29–0.54
Hispanic	0.66	0.53–0.83	0.62	0.47–0.83
Smoking
Never smoker	1.00 (Reference)	–	1.00 (Reference)	–
Former smoker	2.31	1.90–2.81	1.60	1.26–2.03
Current smoker	4.42	3.25–6.01	2.93	1.98–4.34
Hypertension	1.82	1.50–2.21	2.69	2.11–3.41
Diabetes mellitus	1.54	1.18–2.00	1.52	1.12–2.06
Family history of  coronary heart disease	1.39	1.16–1.67	1.44	1.15–1.80
LDL-C (per SD 31)	1.26	1.15–1.38	1.09	0.97–1.23
HDL-C (per SD 15)	0.83	0.75–0.92	0.82	0.73–0.93
Body mass index  (per SD 5)	1.01	0.91–1.1	0.94	0.83–1.06
Cholesterol medication	2.08	1.67–2.59	1.35	1.04–1.73

For AAC and thoracic aortic calcium (TAC), all listed independent variables are in the same model. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; other abbreviations as in Table 2.