Table 6.

Pearson correlations for severe coronary tortuosity.

Variable	LAD		LCX		RCA		Any vessel
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Sex (male)	− 0.22	< 0.001	− 0.31	< 0.001	− 0.10	0.00	− 0.30	< 0.001
Age	0.12	< 0.001	0.20	< 0.001	0.11	0.00	0.19	< 0.001
History of hypertension	0.03	0.42	0.02	0.49	0.07	0.0361	0.04	0.22
Diabetes	− 0.05	0.12	− 0.04	0.20	0.01	0.7487	− 0.60	0.07
Smoker (previous or current)	− 0.08	0.01	− 0.13	< 0.001	0.04	0.1986	− 0.12	< 0.001
Extent score	− 0.14	< 0.001	− 0.12	0.001	− 0.08	0.0242	− 0.14	< 0.001
Gensini score	− 0.11	< 0.001	− 0.08	0.01	− 0.08	0.0253	− 0.10	0.005
Vessel score	− 0.10	0.002	− 0.10	0.003	− 0.06	0.0959	− 0.10	0.003

p-Values significant at p < 0.05.

LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCx, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery.