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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022 Jun 25;49(12):4122–4132. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05866-x

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the studied population by clinical CAC score category

	Overall, N = 200	CAC = 0, N = 40	CAC 1–10, N = 40	CAC 11–100, N = 40	CAC 101–400, N = 40	CAC > 400, N = 40	p-value
Age	70 (63, 77)	61 (53, 72)	70 (65, 73)	70 (66, 75)	75 (65, 79)	74 (69, 79)	<0.001 ^a
Sex male	93 (46%)	16 (40%)	13 (32%)	19 (48%)	16 (40%)	29 (72%)	0.004 ^b
BMI	28 (24, 32)	30 (25, 34)	27 (24, 32)	28 (25, 32)	27 (24, 33)	26 (23, 29)	0.13^a
Hypertension	141 (70%)	24 (60%)	26 (65%)	36 (90%)	27 (68%)	28 (70%)	0.037 ^b
Diabetes	53 (26%)	12 (30%)	12 (30%)	10 (25%)	9 (22%)	10 (25%)	>0.9^b
Dyslipidemia	107 (54%)	15 (38%)	21 (52%)	20 (50%)	24 (60%)	27 (68%)	0.086^b
Renal failure	13 (7%)	0 (0%)	4 (10%)	5 (12%)	2 (5%)	2 (5%)	0.2^b
Atrial fibrillation during scan	10 (5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (8%)	4 (10%)	3 (7%)	0.064^b
Smoking	21 (10%)	8 (20%)	1 (3%)	3 (8%)	1 (3%)	8 (20%)	0.008 ^b
Clinical Calcium Score	47 (3, 296)	0 (0, 0)	6 (3, 7)	47 (27, 62)	249 (164, 296)	919 (622, 1432)	<0.001 ^a

Statistics presented: Median (interquartile range), n (%)

^a-

Kruskal-Wallis test

^b-

Fisher’s exact test

Abbreviations: CAC – coronary artery calcium, BMI – body mass index