Fig. 1

Unadjusted Kaplan Meier cumulative-curves for overall mortality (a) and cardiovascular mortality (b) according to coronary arterial calcification score in Hounsfield Units (CaCs HU): Group with severe coronary calcification (CaCs≥400 HU) and group with mild-moderate coronary calcification (CaCs< 400 HU) are shown p < 0.001