Table 1.

Patient collective overview.

	Overall	No calcification	Calcification	p value
Patient parameters
n	30	15	15	N/A
Age	57 (12.8)	50 (11.09)	63 (10.96)	0.002
Sex	10 male (33.3%)	4 male (26.7%)	6 male (40.0%)	0.699
Aortic abdominal calcifications	15/30	0/15	15/15	N/A
Calcification volume in mm3		0	1181.74 (1333.33)	N/A
Nicotine abuse	4/29	1/14	3/15	0.642
Hypertonia	8/29	0/14	8/15	0.005
Hyperlipidemia	5/29	0/14	5/15	0.060
Diabetes mellitus	5/29	0/14	5/15	0.060
Scanner parameters
Tube voltage	120 kV	120 kV	120 kV	N/A
Slice thickness	1.5 mm	1.5 mm	1.5 mm	N/A
Kernel	Br40	Br40	Br40	N/A
Collimation	0.4 mm	0.4 mm	0.4 mm	N/A
Dose modulation	CARE Dose4D	CARE Dose4D	CARE Dose4D	N/A
Detector	PCD	PCD	PCD	N/A

Mean and (SD) given for continuous variables