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Table 7 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 S

Lowest three quartiles

n = 76

FU-MACD Group S

Highest quartile

n = 27

FU-MACD Group S

p-value

FU-AC24 Group S

Lowest three quartiles

n = 76

FU-AC24 Group S

Highest quartile

n = 27

FU-AC24 Group S

p-value

Age

61.37 ± 0.76

65.24 ± 1.40

p = .0126

61.79 ± 0.80

64.06 ± 1.34

-

Triglyceride

1.22 ± 0.06

1.51 ± 0.14

p = .0421

1.29 ± 0.07

1.29 ± 0.12

-

BMI

24.21 ± 0.49

23.76 ± 0.60

-

24.10 ± 0.43

24.07 ± 0.92

-

Systolic BP

128.55 ± 2.11

139.07 ± 4.83

p = .0231

128.95 ± 2.34

137.96 ± 3.98

-

Diastolic BP

77.17 ± 1.12

77.22 ± 2.16

-

77.24 ± 1.14

77.04 ± 2.09

-

Total-C

6.36 ± 0.13

7.10 ± 0.27

p = .0124

6.53 ± 0.15

6.60 ± 0.21

-

Glucose

4.82 ± 0.12

4.89 ± 0.32

-

4.78 ± 0.12

4.99 ± 0.31

-

LDL-C

2.98 ± 0.09

3.38 ± 0.21

p = .0633

3.03 ± 0.10

3.23 ± 0.17

-

HDL-C

1.34 ± 0.04

1.33 ± 0.08

-

1.37 ± 0.04

1.27 ± 0.08

-

Apo B/Apo A

0.59 ± 0.02

0.66 ± 0.05

-

0.59 ± 0.02

0.64 ± 0.04

-

LDL/HDL

2.43 ± 0.13

2.84 ± 0.28

-

2.43 ± 0.14

2.81 ± 0.23

-

  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 S group follow-up biological risk factors.
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