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Table 2 Baseline demographics and clinical variables, echocardiography and computed tomography scores both in the entire population and in the subgroups with or without obstructive coronary artery disease

From: Cardiac calcium score on 2D echo: correlations with cardiac and coronary calcium at multi-detector computed tomography

 

Entire population (n = 141)

CAD > 50% (n = 55)

No CAD > 50% (n = 86)

p

Age, median (IQR)

67 (58–75)

71 (61–80)

65 (55–73)

<0.01

Male gender (%)

80 (57%)

31 (56%)

49 (57%)

ns

Hypertension (%)

93 (66%)

46 (84%)

47 (55%)

<0.01

Family history of CAD (%)

47 (33%)

22

25

ns

Smoking (%)

43 (30%)

17

26

ns

Hypercolesterolemia (%)

77 (55%)

32

45

ns

Diabetes (%)

20 (14%)

11

9

ns

Obesity (%)

12 (8%)

4

8

ns

n. of vessels CAD > 50% (0-1-2-3)

86-32-13-11

-

-

-

eCS > 1

35 (25%)

22 (40%)

13 (15%)

<0.01

eCS, median, IQR, (range)

1, 0–1, (0–6)

1, 1–2, (0–6)

1, 0–1, (0–5)

0.015

CACS, median, IQR, (range)

29, 0–294, (0–3316)

294, 47–618, (0–3316)

3, 0–46, (0–1109)

< 0.001

nCACS, median, IQR, (range)

0, 0–97, (0–4377)

54, 0–178, (0–4377)

0, 0–65, (0–2936)

< 0.01

  1. CAD = coronary artery disease, eCS = echographic calcium score, nCACS = multidetector computed tomography non-coronary artery calcium score, CACS = coronary artery calcium score, IQR = interquartile range.