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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Apr;3(4):352–360. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.12.013

Table 2.

Results of conditional multivariable regression analyses adjusting for age, traditional risk factors, and CCS

Odds Ratio (95% CI) p value
Analysis with PFV
Age 1.00 (0.96–1.06) 0.72
Diabetes 1.49 (0.60–3.70) 0.39
Hypertension 1.01 (0.50–2.07) 0.97
Hypercholesterolemia 1.15 (0.51–2.57) 0.74
Active smoking 2.57 (0.76–8.70) 0.13
Family CAD history 1.28 (0.54–3.05) 0.57
Log2(CCS)* 1.07 (0.90–1.28) 0.43
Log2(PFV)* 1.91 (1.14–3.19) 0.01
Analysis with TFV
Age 1.01 (0.96–1.07) 0.60
Diabetes 1.38 (0.56–3.41) 0.48
Hypertension 0.96 (0.47–1.97) 0.92
Hypercholesterolemia 1.11 (0.50–2.47) 0.80
Active smoking 2.56 (0.76–8.65) 0.13
Family CAD history 1.26 (0.53–2.99) 0.60
Log2(CCS)* 1.06 (0.89–1.26) 0.53
Log2(TFV)* 1.83 (1.08–3.09) 0.02

CAD=coronary artery disease, CCS=coronary calcium score, CI=confidence interval, PFV=pericardial fat volume, TFV=intra-thoracic fat volume

*

Logarithmic transform of CCS, PFV, and TFV were performed to adjust for their non-normal distributions