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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2020 Jul 5;307:32–38. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.06.009

Table 3.

Table3. Hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of incident total and ischemic stroke associated with progression of valvular calcification, MESA, 2000–2016

Progressors vs non-progressors
Aortic valve calcium Mitral annular calcium
Total stroke, n (%)Progressors vs non-progressors 31 (5.6) vs 180 (3.6) 41 (7.4) vs 170 (3.4)
N Progressors vs non-progressors 556 vs 4983 557 vs 4982
Model 1 1.11 (0.75 – 1.64) 1.64 (1.15 – 2.35)
Model 2 1.10 (0.74 – 1.62) 1.66 (1.16 – 2.38)
Model 3 1.02 (0.69 – 1.52) 1.59 (1.11 – 2.28)
Model 4 0.96 (0.65 – 1.44) 1.48 (1.03 – 2.13)
Ischemic stroke, n (%)Progressors vs non-progressors 27 (4.9) vs 140 (2.8) 34 (6.2) vs 133 (2.7)
N Progressors vs non-progressors 552 vs 4943 550 vs 4945
Model 1 1.20 (0.78 – 1.83) 1.74 (1.17 – 2.58)
Model 2 1.17 (0.77 – 1.80) 1.73 (1.16 – 2.57)
Model 3 1.07 (0.70 – 1.64) 1.64 (1.10 – 2.45)
Model 4 1.01 (0.66 – 1.55) 1.53 (1.02 – 2.29)

Fonts in bold are statistically significant, p<0.05.

Model 1: age, race/ethnicity, sex, MESA site, CT scanner type.

Model 2: Model 1+ educational status, BMI, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, and physical activity.

Model 3: Model 2 + systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensives, use of lipid lowering medications, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, diabetes status and eGFR.

Model 4: Model 3 + baseline coronary calcium.

Progressors: participants with >0 Agatston units of change/year between CT scans

Non-progressors: participants with ≤0 Agatston units of change/year between CT scans