Table 3.

Multivariable associations of abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) density adjusted for ln(AAC volume) in participants with non-zero AAC.

	Beta	95% CI	Std. Betaa	p- value
ln(AAC volume)	0.27	(0.24, 0.29)	0.71	<0.01*
Age, years	−0.01	(−0.01, 0)	−0.07	<0.01*
Ethnicity (vs. European)
Hispanic	0.0 8	(−0.01, 0.17)	0.0 5	0.0 4*
African	0.09	(−0.02, 0.19)	0.06	0.02*
Chinese	0.22	(0.14, 0.37)	0.12	<0.01*
Clinical characteristics
Ever smoker	−0. 06	(−0.12, −0.003)	−0. 05	0.0 4*
Body mass index, kg/m2	−0.01	(−0.02, −0.01)	−0.11	<0.01*
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	0.003	(0, 0.01)	0.07	<0.01*

^aStandarized Beta, backwards deletion model with p-value < 0.1 for inclusion.

^*p-value (2-tailed) < 0.05 significant.

p-value for Interaction term ethnicity X AAC density < 0.01.