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Table 6 Longitudinal analysis - division of different biological risk factors into quartiles based on AC24

From: Abdominal aortic calcification quantified by the Morphological Atherosclerotic Calcification Distribution (MACD) index is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome

Follow Up-Baseline

FU-MACD Group SC

Lowest three quartiles

n = 106

FU-MACD Group SC

Highest quartile

n = 29

FU-MACD Group SC

p-value

FU-AC24 Group SC

Lowest three quartiles

n = 106

FU-AC24 Group SC

Highest quartile

n = 29

FU-AC24 Group SC

p-value

Age

60.21 ± 0.67

65.23 ± 1.3

p = .0007

60.69 ± 0.69

63.77 ± 1.33

p = .0433

Triglyceride

1.24 ± 0.05

1.51 ± 0.13

p = .0439

1.30 ± 0.06

1.28 ± 0.11

-

BMI

24.48 ± 0.40

24.01 ± 0.58

-

24.44 ± 0.36

24.23 ± 0.90

-

Systolic BP

125.28 ± 1.78

139.48 ± 4.60

p = .0008

126.08 ± 1.94

137.86 ± 3.84

p = .0065

Diastolic BP

76.23 ± 1.00

77.59 ± 2.03

-

76.42 ± 1.02

77.14 ± 2.02

-

Total-C

6.39 ± 0.11

7.14 ± 0.25

p = .0048

6.52 ± 0.12

6.63 ± 0.21

-

Glucose

4.74 ± 0.09

4.90 ± 0.30

-

4.72 ± 0.09

4.99 ± 0.30

-

LDL-C

2.96 ± 0.08

3.42 ± 0.19

p = .0197

3.02 ± 0.08

3.23 ± 0.16

-

HDL-C

1.33 ± 0.03

1.34 ± 0.08

-

1.34 ± 0.03

1.29 ± 0.08

-

Apo B/Apo A

0.59 ± 0.02

0.66 ± 0.05

-

0.59 ± 0.02

0.63 ± 0.04

-

LDL/HDL

2.44 ± 0.11

2.84 ± 0.26

-

2.46 ± 0.12

2.77 ± 0.22

-

  1. Mean plus/minus standard error of the mean and results of a two-sample t-test between the highest quartile and the combination of the lowest three quartiles with baseline biochemistry and baseline X-rays for the SC group follow-up biological risk factors
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