Table 3.

Association of Total Agatston Score for Vascular Calcification and Clinical Variables

Variable	Univariable		Multivariable
	Estimate (SE)	P Value	Estimate (SE)	P Value
Age (per year)	0.06 (1.06)	0.01	0.14 (1.15)	<0.01
Type of Vasculitis (TAK vs GCA)	−0.96 (0.38)	0.30	4.02 (55.70)	0.03
Prednisone dose (per 1mg/day)	0.05 (1.16)	0.08	0.05 (1.05)	0.04
Anti-hypertensive Medication (Yes vs No)	2.43 (11.35)	<0.01	1.16 (3.19)	0.19
Gender (Female vs Male)	0.85 (2.3)	0.04	0.12 (1.12)	0.90
C-reactive Protein (per 1mg/L)	−0.03 (0.97)	0.11	Not included in multivariable model.
Statin Medication (Yes vs No)	1.49 (4.43)	0.17
FDG-PET interpretation (Active vs Inactive)	0.99 (2.69)	0.29
Treatment duration (per year)	0(1)	0.53
Clinical Assessment (Active vs remission)	0.44(1.55)	0.65
Disease duration (per year)	0 (1)	0.74
Body mass index (per Kg/m2)	0.02 (1.02)	0.77
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (per 1 mm/hr)	0.003 (1.0)	0.89

SE = standard error; TAK = Takayasu’s arteritis; GCA = giant cell arteritis, FDG-PET = 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.