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. 2020 Sep 21;12(9):e10579. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10579

Table 1. Comparison of demographics and pharmaceutical therapy for patients with CAC and without CAC at time of non-gated chest CT.

CAC - coronary artery calcium; OR - odds ratio; CI - confidence interval; DM2 - diabetes mellitus type 2; HTN - hypertension; HLP - hyperlipidemia; CAD - coronary artery disease; CT - computed tomography

  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