. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 3.

Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Jul 31;30(1):123–131. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2019.07.021

Table 2.

Multivariable Odds Ratio and 95% CI of association between alcohol consumption and CAC presence (CAC>0)

Alcohol Consumption	Model 1		Model 2
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Never Drinker	reference		reference
Former Drinker	1.03(0.68, 1.56)	0.89	1.02(0.65, 1.59)	0.92
1-3 drinks/week	1.01 (0.62, 1.63)	0.98	0.82(0.48, 1.40)	0.47
4-7 drinks/week	0.53 (0.28, 1.00)	0.05	0.37 (0.18, 0.75)	0.007
>7 drinks/week	0.92 (0.40, 2.16)	0.85	0.61 (0.24, 1.53)	0.29

Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, education, and income

Model 2 adjusted for Model 1 plus smoking (never, former, current, and pack-years), BMI, self-reported physical activity, family history of heart attack, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglyceride, use of cholesterol medications, diabetes, C-reactive protein and eGFR.

CAC, coronary artery calcium; BMI, body mass; HDL, high-density cholesterol; LDL, low- density cholesterol