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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2021 Mar 2:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050545. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050545

Table 2 -.

Imaging characteristics according to CAC score group

Imaging Characteristics 1 CAC 0 (n = 3282) CAC 1-399 (n = 2618) CAC 400-999 (n = 397) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 246)
# Vessels with CAC, mean (SD) 0 (0) 1.9 (0.9) 3.2 (0.6) 3.4 (0.5)
 0, % 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
 1, % 0.0% 41.0% 0.8% 0.0%
 2, % 0.0% 30.0% 8.3% 2.0%
 3, % 0.0% 23.6% 57.9% 53.3%
 4, % 0.0% 5.4% 33.0% 44.7%
Imaging Characteristics 2 CAC 0 (n = 3416) CAC 1-399 (n = 2721) CAC 400-999 (n = 420) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 255)

TAC, % 11.9% 38.4% 61.4% 77.3%
 TAC 1-399, % 9.2% 23.0% 25.5% 28.6%
 TAC 400-999, % 1.8% 7.9% 13.6% 18.8%
 TAC ≥1000, % 0.9% 7.5% 22.4% 29.8%
Imaging Characteristics 3 CAC 0 (n = 3416) CAC 1-399 (n = 2721) CAC 400-999 (n = 419) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 256)

AVC, % 4.9% 17.9% 32.7% 47.3%
 AVC 1-399, % 4.5% 16.4% 29.4% 37.5%
 AVC 400-999, % 0.3% 0.8% 2.6% 6.3%
 AVC ≥1000, % 0.1% 0.8% 0.7% 3.5%
Imaging Characteristics 4 CAC 0 (n = 3416) CAC 1-399 (n = 2721) CAC 400-999 (n = 420) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 257)

MVC, % 4.3% 12.0% 18.1% 37.0%
 MVC 1-399, % 3.5% 9.6% 12.9% 26.5%
 MVC 400-999, % 0.4% 1.1% 1.7% 5.1%
 MVC ≥1000, % 0.4% 1.3% 3.6% 5.5%
Imaging Characteristics 5 CAC 0 (n = 3415) CAC 1-399 (n = 2721) CAC 400-999 (n = 420) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 256)

ARC, % 16.4% 45.8% 67.9% 80.1%
 ARC 1-399, % 15.9% 40.6% 52.1% 55.5%
 ARC 400-999, % 0.4% 3.9% 13.1% 16.4%
 ARC ≥1000, % 0.1% 1.4% 2.6% 8.2%
Imaging Characteristics 6 CAC 0 (n = 3282) CAC 1-399 (n = 2618) CAC 400-999 (n = 397) CAC ≥ 1000 (n = 246)

Estimated Total Area, mm2, mean (SD) 0 (0) 32.7 (34.1) 198.1 (56.3) 586.5 (275.2)
Average CAC Density, mean (SD) 0 2.6 (0.7) 3.1 (0.4) 3.2 (0.3)