Table 2.
Correlation between the presence of calcifications and risk factors
| Absence of Calcification n = 318 | Presence of Calcification n = 369 |
Univariate Analysis p |
Multivariate Analysis p |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 68.3 (6.9) | 69.4 (6.7) | 0.25 | 0.07 |
| Gender Male Female |
237 (74.5%) 81 (25.5%) |
239 (64.8%) 130 (35.2%) |
0.11 | 0.05 |
| Hypertension | 211 (66.3%) | 261 (70.7%) | 0.51 | 0.51 |
| Diabetes | 94 (29.6%) | 98 (26.6%) | 0.71 | 0.84 |
| Smoking habit | 201 (63.2%) | 246 (66.7%) | 0.31 | 0.82 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 209 (65.7%) | 234 (63.4%) | 0.86 | 0.10 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 138 (43.4%) | 190 (51.5%) | 0.29 | 0.97 |
| Low HDL Statins | 118 (37.1%) 189 (59.4%) |
166 (45.0%) 223 (60.4%) |
0.19 0.67 |
0.13 0.12 |