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Table 2 Associations of race/ethnicity and cardiovascular risk factors with LAD CSA, MASALA and CARDIA studies

From: Comparing coronary artery cross-sectional area among asymptomatic South Asian, White, and Black participants: the MASALA and CARDIA studies

LAD CSA Beta Coefficient, Standard Error, p-value

 

Adjustment for age and gender

N = 3353

Adjustment for age, gender, BMI, height

N = 3352

Fully adjusteda

N = 3269

South Asian participants

0 (reference)

0 (reference)

0 (reference)

White participants

1.86 (0.39), < 0.001

0.27 (0.39), 0.49

0.78 (0.41), 0.05

Black participants

4.69 (0.42), < 0.001

2.28 (0.42), < 0.001

2.75 (0.44), < 0.001

Male gender

6.05 (0.25), < 0.001

4.35 (0.32), < 0.001

3.76 (0.34), < 0.001

Age, year

0.13 (0.03), < 0.001

0.14 (0.03), < 0.001

0.08 (0.03), 0.006

Height, cm

-

15.1 (1.73), < 0.001

15.2 (1.73), < 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

-

0.32 (0.02), < 0.001

0.28 (0.02), < 0.001

HTN

-

-

1.21 (0.27), < 0.001

Diabetes

-

-

0.16 (0.39), 0.68

Current smoker

-

-

-1.12 (0.34), 0.001

Former smoker

-

-

-0.77 (0.29), 0.01

Never smoker

-

-

0 (reference)

HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

-

-

-0.01 (0.01), 0.42

LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

-

-

0.00 (0.00), 0.51

Cholesterol med use

-

-

-0.15 (0.34), 0.65

CAC score 0

-

-

0 (reference)

CAC score 1–99

-

-

1.01 (0.31), 0.001

CAC score ≥ 100

-

-

2.47 (0.42), < 0.001

  1. aAdjusted for gender, age, BMI, height, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, cholesterol medication use, and CAC categories