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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2019 Nov 29;14(1):109–121.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2019.11.005

Table 5.

Odds ratios for associations of baseline apo B, LDL-C, non-HDL-C and apo B concordance/discordance with LDL-C and non-HDL-C with CAC progression (absolute change/year) relative to no progression through visit 5 (N=3947)

Minimally adjusted
Fuly adjusted
>0–<75th percentile* >75th percentile* >0 - <75th percentile* >75th percentile*


N>0–<75th N>75th OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P
Individual measures <.001
 Apo B tertiles <.001
  <96.9 mg/dL 401 293 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  96.9–118.0 mg/dL 439 401 1.38 (1.14, 1.66) 1.84 (1.47, 2.29) 1.36 (1.12, 1.65) 1.72 (1.37, 2.16)
  >118.0 mg/dL 496 409 1.97 (1.63, 2.39) 2.58 (2.06, 3.24) 1.92 (1.56, 2.37) 2.37 (1.86, 3.03)
 LDL-C tertiles <.001 <.001
  <106.0 mg/dL 387 323 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  106.0–129.0 mg/dL 440 376 1.33 (1.10, 1.61) 1.44 (1.16, 1.80) 1.31 (1.08, 1.59) 1.39 (1.11, 1.74)
  >129.0 mg/dL 509 404 1.81 (1.50, 2.19) 2.03 (1.63, 2.53) 1.76 (1.46, 2.14) 1.98 (1.58, 2.48)
 Non-HDL tertiles <.001 <.001
  <129.0 mg/dL 385 311 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  129.0–136.0 mg/dL 447 383 1.49 (1.23, 1.80) 1.73 (1.39, 2.16) 1.46 (1.20, 1.78) 1.56 (1.24, 1.97)
  >136.0 mg/dL 504 409 1.91 (1.58, 2.32) 2.25 (1.80, 2.81) 1.87 (1.51, 2.31) 2.04 (1.60, 2.61)
Discordance by residual§
 Apo B/LDL-C .007 .69
  Discordant low 325 255 0.85 (0.71, 1.03) 0.92 (0.74, 1.14) 0.90 (0.75, 1.10) 1.03 (0.82, 1.29)
  Concordant 679 537 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Discordant high 332 311 1.13 (0.93, 1.38) 1.39 (1.11, 1.72) 1.00 (0.80, 1.25) 1.10 (0.85, 1.41)
 Apo B/non-HDL-C .002 .02
  Discordant low 318 255 0.88 (0.73, 1.06) 0.95 (0.76, 1.18) 0.87 (0.72, 1.04) 0.93 (0.74, 1.16)
  Concordant 679 544 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Discordant high 339 304 1.21 (1.00, 1.46) 1.46 (1.17, 1.81) 1.16 (0.95, 1.41) 1.35 (1.08, 1.69)

apo B, apolipoprotein B; CAC, coronary artery calcium; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; non-HDL-C, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

*

75th percentile cut-point = 16.44 Agatstons increase/year.

Multinomial logistic regression model with log-transformed CAC as dependent variable adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (White, Black, Chinese, Hispanic), smoking status (never, former/current), hypertension (yes/no).

Wald X2 for overall type 3 analysis of effects.

§

Discordant low = residual difference <25th percentile; discordant high = residual difference >75th percentile; concordant = residual difference 25th–75th percentile.

Multinomial logistic regression model with log-transformed CAC as dependent variable adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (White, Black, Chinese, Hispanic), smoking status (never, former/current), hypertension (yes/no), body mass index, diabetes (yes/no).