Table 3.

Association between risk factors and CAC volume and density among those with incident CAC.

	CAC volume (n = 102)			Peak CAC density (n = 102)
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
Age, years	−0.43	−5.18, 4.32	0.86	−1.73	−5.94, 2.47	0.41
Female sex	18.42	−70.03, 106.86	0.68	25.69	−52.55, 103.02	0.52
Days between exams	0.01	−0.11, 0.13	0.90	0.01	−0.10, 0.11	0.90
Hypertension	29.87	−44.66, 104.40	0.43	32.59	−33.34, 98.51	0.33
Diabetes	12.61	−70.62, 95.85	0.76	0.18	−73.44, 73.82	1.00
HDL, mg/dL	−0.87	−3.91, 2.16	0.57	−1.08	−3.76, 1.61	0.43
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	1.36	0.37, 2.35	0.01	0.58	−0.29, 1.46	0.19
Current smoking	53.84	−87.03, 194.72	0.45	32.30	−92.31, 156.91	0.61
Exercise, 10 MET-min/week	0.15	−0.12, 0.42	0.27	0.15	−0.09, 0.38	0.23
Lp(a), mg/dL	−0.87	−2.18, 0.45	0.19	−0.65	−1.81, 0.51	0.27
Fasting insulin, pmol/L	−0.28	−1.10, 0.54	0.50	−0.20	−0.92, 0.53	0.60
Statin use	86.99	7.73, 166.26	0.03	50.08	−20.04, 120.19	0.16

Linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, time between exam 1 and 2, hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, total cholesterol, HDL, exercise, exam 2 statin use, Lp(a), and fasting insulin. Abbreviations as per Table 1.