Table 1. Comparison of demographics and pharmaceutical therapy for patients with CAC and without CAC at time of non-gated chest CT.
CAC (n=3119) | No CAC (n=1834) | OR predicting CAC with 95% CI | p-value | |
Age (years) | 71±11 | 48±17 | <0.0001 | |
Male gender | 1793 (57.5%) | 891 (48.6%) | 1.43 (1.27-1.61) | <0.0001 |
Smoker | 1346 (43.2%) | 493 (26.9%) | 2.07 (1.82-2.34) | <0.0001 |
DM2 | 938 (30.1%) | 252 (13.7%) | 2.70 (2.32-3.15) | <0.0001 |
HTN | 2578 (82.7%) | 839 (45.7%) | 5.65 (4.96-6.44) | <0.0001 |
HLP | 2321 (74.4%) | 704 (38.4%) | 4.67 (4.12-5.28) | <0.0001 |
Known CAD | 1148 (36.8%) | 178 (9.7%) | 5.42 (4.57-6.42) | <0.0001 |
Pre-CT statin | 1960 (62.8%) | 440 (24.0%) | 5.18 (4.55-5.90) | <0.0001 |
Pre-CT nonstatin | 451 (14.5%) | 106 (5.8%) | 2.76 (2.21-3.43) | <0.0001 |
Pre-CT aspirin | 1827 (58.6%) | 433 (23.6%) | 4.58 (4.02-5.21) | <0.0001 |