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Prevalence of Calcification In Other Arterial Beds According to Absence or Presence of SMAC
| Total n=4300 n (%) |
SMAC present n = 290 n (%) |
SMAC absent n (%) |
p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoracic aorta | 1632 (38.0) | 267 (92.1) | 1365 (34.0) | <.001 |
| Abdominal aorta | 2349 (54.6) | 285 (98.3) | 2064 (51.5) | <.001 |
| Coronary arteries | 2372 (55.2) | 260 (89.7) | 2112 (52.7) | <.001 |
| Iliac arteries | 2125 (49.4) | 276 (95.2) | 1849 (46.1) | <.001 |
| Celiac trunk | 120 (2.8) | 67 (23.1) | 53 (1.3) | <.001 |
Pearson Chi-Squared, values are n (%).
