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. 2020 Aug 17;43(10):2597–2606. doi: 10.2337/dc20-0166

Table 2.

Comparison of risk factors and CAC measures by CHD, CVD, and total mortality status in women and men with diabetes

CHD death CVD death Total death
Yes No P value Yes No P value Yes No P value
Women
 Diabetes (n = 1,461) 26 (20.6) 1,435 (6.6) <0.0001 57 (19.5) 1,404 (6.5) <0.0001 156 (15.0) 1,305 (6.2) <0.0001
 Age, years (n = 1,461) 72.8 ± 11.2 59.8 ± 10.8 <0.0001 70.6 ± 11.3 59.6 ± 10.7 <0.0001 69.7 ± 10.9 58.9 ± 10.4 <0.0001
 BMI, kg/m2 (n = 736) 28.3 ± 5.3 29.5 ± 7.3 0.58 28.7 ± 7.2 29.5 ± 7.3 0.54 28.7 ± 7.0 29.5 ± 7.3 0.38
 Race/ethnicity (n = 907) 0.26 0.01 0.10
  White 8 (57.1) 648 (72.6) 19 (52.8) 637 (73.1) 57 (64.8) 599 (73.1)
  Asian 1 (7.1) 68 (7.6) 3 (8.3) 66 (7.6) 6 (6.8) 63 (7.7)
  Black 1 (7.1) 62 (6.9) 6 (16.7) 57 (6.5) 11 (12.5) 52 (6.4)
  Hispanic 4 (28.6) 91 (10.2) 8 (22.2) 87 (10.0) 13 (14.8) 82 (10.0)
  Other 0 (0.00) 24 (2.7) 0 (0.00) 24 (2.8) 1 (1.1) 23 (2.8)
 Current smoker (n = 1,461) 3 (11.5) 132 (9.2) 0.68 9 (15.8) 126 (9.0) 0.08 25 (16.0) 110 (8.4) 0.002
 Hyperlipidemia (n = 1,461) 21 (80.8) 912 (63.6) 0.07 45 (79.0) 888 (63.3) 0.02 112 (71.8) 821 (62.9) 0.03
 Hypertension (n = 1,461) 20 (76.9) 861 (60.0) 0.08 45 (79.0) 836 (59.5) 0.003 112 (71.8) 769 (58.9) 0.002
 Any family history of CHD (n = 1,461) 15 (57.7) 719 (50.1) 0.44 30 (52.6) 704 (50.1) 0.71 81 (51.9) 653 (50.0) 0.66
 Total CAC Agatston score (n = 1,461) 960.1 ± 1,176.4 255.2 ± 693.1 0.005 1,116.7 ± 1,578.5 233.3 ± 628.3 <0.0001 869.9 ± 1,434.5 195.8 ± 520.9 <0.0001
 ASCVD risk score (n = 1,461) 0.39 ± 0.24 0.15 ± 0.16 <0.0001 0.36 ± 0.23 0.14 ± 0.15 <0.0001 0.32 ± 0.22 0.13 ± 0.14 <0.0001
 Total CAC Agatston score (n = 1,461) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
  0 1 (3.9) 566 (39.4) 5 (8.8) 562 (40.0) 19 (12.2) 548 (42.0)
  1–100 4 (15.4) 425 (29.6) 6 (10.5) 423 (30.1) 32 (20.5) 397 (30.4)
  101–400 8 (30.8) 223 (15.5) 15 (26.3) 216 (15.4) 37 (23.7) 194 (14.9)
  ≥401 13 (50.0) 221 (15.4) 31 (54.4) 203 (14.5) 68 (43.6) 166 (12.7)
 Total CAC lesions (n = 892) 10.7 ± 14.7 4.5 ± 8.3 0.16 11.2 ± 14.2 4.4 ± 8.1 <0.0001 8.1 ± 10.9 4.2 ± 8.0 0.001
 Number of CAC vessels (n = 1,198) 0.0006 <0.0001 <0.0001
  0 1 (4.8) 503 (42.7) 5 (10.6) 499 (43.4) 17 (14.2) 487 (45.2)
  1 3 (14.3) 192 (16.3) 3 (6.4) 192 (16.7) 19 (15.8) 176 (16.3)
  2 4 (19.1) 178 (15.1) 9 (19.2) 173 (15.0) 22 (18.3) 160 (14.8)
  3 10 (47.6) 196 (16.7) 16 (34.0) 190 (16.5) 32 (26.7) 174 (16.1)
  4 3 (14.3) 108 (9.2) 14 (29.8) 97 (8.4) 30 (25.0) 81 (7.5)
 Total CAC Volume (mm3) (n = 686) 631.1 ± 696.9 214.3 ± 556.9 0.006 777.5 ± 938.1 193.0 ± 519.6 0.0008 693.0 ± 1,000.3 162.5 ± 443.0 <0.0001
 Lesion size (HU/mm3) (total volume score/total lesions) (n = 153) 69.0 ± 40.8 29.6 ± 32.5 0.09 52.4 ± 26.0 28.5 ± 32.7 0.03 39.8 28.4 ± 33.7 0.13
Men
 Diabetes (n = 3,042) 81 (20.4) 2,961 (6.7) <0.0001 118 (17.4) 2,924 (6.7) <0.0001 334 (15.8) 2,708 (6.4) <0.0001
 Age, years (n = 3,042) 67.4 ± 10.7 57.9 ± 10.5 <0.0001 67.3 ± 11.2 57.73 ± 10.4 <0.0001 65.88 ± 11.3 57.14 ± 10.1 <0.0001
 BMI, kg/m2 (n = 1,498) 28.4 ± 6.3 30.1 ± 5.8 0.11 29.8 ± 7.4 30.03 ± 5.7 0.83 29.25 ± 6.4 30.10 ± 5.7 0.12
 Race/ethnicity (n = 1,841) 0.003 0.03 0.0002
  White 42 (70.0) 1,375 (77.2) 67 (76.1) 1,350 (77.0) 161 (71.9) 1,256 (77.7)
  Asian 2 (3.3) 119 (6.7) 3 (3.4) 118 (6.7) 13 (5.8) 108 (6.7)
  Black 10 (16.7) 96 (5.4) 11 (12.5) 95 (5.4) 27 (12.1) 79 (4.9)
  Hispanic 6 (10.0) 144 (8.1) 7 (8.0) 143 (8.2) 21 (9.4) 129 (8.0)
  Other 0 (0.0) 47 (2.6) 0 (0.00) 47 (2.7) 2 (0.9) 45 (2.8)
 Current smoker (n = 3,042) 8 (9.9) 337 (11.4) 0.67 14 (11.9) 331 (11.3) 0.85 42 (12.6) 303 (11.2) 0.45
 Hyperlipidemia (n = 3,042) 60 (74.1) 1,818 (61.4) 0.02 82 (69.5) 1,796 (61.4) 0.08 206 (61.7) 1,672 (61.7) 0.98
 Hypertension (n = 3,042) 45 (55.6) 1,571 (53.1) 0.67 62 (52.5) 1,554 (53.2) 0.90 193 (57.8) 1,423 (52.6) 0.07
 Any family history of CHD (n = 3,042) 39 (48.2) 1,209 (40.8) 0.19 55 (46.6) 1,193 (40.8) 0.21 135 (40.4) 1,113 (41.1) 0.81
 Total CAC Agatston score (n = 3,042) 1,482.8 ± 1,710.7 453.4 ± 922.5 <0.0001 1,262.8 ± 1,557.3 449.3 ± 920.7 <0.0001 961.7 ± 1,285.0 421.5 ± 901.5 <0.0001
 ASCVD risk score (n = 3,042) 0.35 ± 0.17 0.22 ± 0.16 <0.0001 0.36 ± 0.18 0.21 ± 0.16 <0.0001 0.34 ± 0.19 0.21 ± 0.15 <0.0001
 Total CAC Agatston score (n = 3,042) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
  0 2 (2.47) 594 (20.1) 6 (5.1) 590 (20.2) 21 (6.3) 575 (21.3)
  1–100 10 (12.4) 910 (30.7) 18 (15.3) 902 (30.9) 61 (18.3) 859 (31.7)
  101–400 11 (13.7) 628 (21.2) 20 (17.0) 619 (21.2) 76 (22.8) 563 (20.8)
  ≥401 58 (71.6) 829 (28.0) 74 (62.7) 813 (27.8) 176 (52.7) 711 (26.3)
 Total CAC Lesions (n = 1,954) 16.0 ± 12.8 7.8 ± 11.2 <0.0001 14.5 ± 13.0 7.7 ± 11.1 <0.0001 12.4 ± 13.7 7.4 ± 10.8 <0.0001
 Number of CAC vessels (n = 2,382) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
  0 1 (1.5) 554 (23.9) 4 (4.1) 551 (24.1) 19 (7.4) 536 (25.2)
  1 2 (3.0) 341 (14.7) 5 (5.2) 338 (14.8) 17 (6.6) 326 (15.3)
  2 6 (9.1) 391 (16.9) 14 (14.4) 383 (16.8) 32 (12.5) 365 (17.2)
  3 24 (36.4) 634 (27.4) 33 (34.0) 625 (27.4) 93 (36.2) 565 (26.6)
  4 33 (50.0) 396 (17.1) 41 (42.3) 388 (17.0) 96 (37.4) 333 (15.7)
 Total CAC volume (mm3) (n = 1,361) 1,549.5 ± 1,627.1 376.1 ± 749.0 0.0005 1,202 ± 1,456 372.70 ± 746.8 0.0003 939.6 ± 1,182.2 343.8 ± 720.0 <0.0001
 Lesion size (HU/mm3) (total volume score/total lesions) (n = 471) 45.9 ± 28.3 28.4 ± 29.8 0.12 39.2 ± 36.6 28.2 ± 29.5 0.14 43.2 ± 31.8 26.5 ± 28.9 <0.0001

Data are presented as the mean ± SD or as n (%). P < 0.05 is statistically significant.