Additional value of associating aortic valve calcification to coronary calcium as a gatekeeper for coronary tomography angiography

Table 3 Predictors of Aortic Valve calcification on multivariate analysis

Predictors of AoVC: multivariate analysis	AoVC ≥1			AoVC >61			AoVC >454
Predictors of AoVC: multivariate analysis	OR	95 % CI	p	OR	95 % CI	p	OR	95 % CI	p
Age	1.100	1.057-1.146	<0.001	1.183	1.09-1.261	<0.001	1.209	1.079-1.355	0.001
CAD	------	------	------	4.859	1.694-13.938	0.003	------	------	------
Pulse pressure	1.027	1.007-1.048	0.008	------	------	------	1.039	1.003	1.077

AoVC aortic valve calcification; CAD coronary artery disease; p – significance level

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