Table 3.

Adjusted Associations of Ectopic Fat Depots and CAC Across All Racial/Ethnic Groups and in South Asians Alone^a

Any CAC Models, All Participants
	Across All Racial/Ethnic Groups			In South Asians Only
Ectopic Fat Depot	N	Risk Difference Per SD % (95% CI)	P Value	N	Risk Difference Per SD % (95% CI)	P Value
Visceral abdominal	2645	1.1 (−1.0 to 3.2)	0.32	765	−0.1 (−3.8 to 3.6)	0.94
Total intermuscular abdominal	2604	0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)	0.39	746	−0.1 (−0.5 to 0.3)	0.58
Intrahepatic	7313	−1.5 (−2.5 to −0.5)	<0.01	776	0.1 (−3.1 to 3.2)	0.97
Pericardial	7363	1.8 (0.5 to 3.1)	0.01	779	−1.8 (−5.3 to 1.8)	0.32

Ln(CAC) Models, Participants With CAC>0
Ectopic Fat Depot	N	β Per SD	P Value	N	β Per SD	P Value
Visceral abdominal	1261	−0.05 (−0.15 to 0.06)	0.38	343	−0.02 (−0.21 to 0.18)	0.85
Total intermuscular abdominal	1240	0.00 (−0.01 to 0.01)	0.55	332	−0.02 (−0.04 to 0.00)	0.13
Intrahepatic	3605	0.02 (−0.04 to 0.08)	0.49	349	0.12 (−0.09 to 0.34)	0.27
Pericardial	3634	0.12 (0.05 to 0.18)	<0.01	349	0.25 (0.06, 0.44)	0.01

CAC indicates coronary artery calcium.

^aCovariates in the adjusted model include: body mass index, age, sex, heart disease in first‐degree relative, exercise, alcohol use, current smoking, hypertension, cholesterol medication use, low‐density lipoprotein, and diabetes mellitus.