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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression analysis assessing the association between calcium score and cardiovascular disease

From: Regional distribution and severity of arterial calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1–5: a cross-sectional study of the Copenhagen chronic kidney disease cohort

Variable

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Carotid arteries

 Calcium score 0

Reference

 

 Calcium score 1–100

2.0 (0.8–4.8)

0.13

 Calcium score 101–400

3.4 (1.4–8.3)

0.007

 Calcium score > 400

6.0 (2.5–15.1)

< 0.001

Coronary arteries

 Calcium score 0

Reference

 

 Calcium score 1–100

1.1 (0.4–2.8)

0.88

 Calcium score 101–400

3.6 (1.5–8.9)

0.005

 Calcium score > 400

6.7 (2.9–16.4)

< 0.001

Thoracic aorta

 Calcium score 0

Reference

 

 Calcium score 1–100

1.6 (0.4–6.1)

0.49

 Calcium score 101–400

1.3 (0.3–5.4)

0.76

 Calcium score > 400

4.4 (1.4–15.9)

0.02

Abdominal aorta

 Calcium score 0

Reference

 

 Calcium score 1–100

1.4 (0.3–6.4)

0.69

 Calcium score 101–400

2.5 (0.6–11.3)

0.21

 Calcium score > 400

5.0 (1.6–20.0)

0.01

Iliac arteries

 Calcium score 0

Reference

 

 Calcium score 1–100

1.1 (0.1–7.4)

0.90

 Calcium score 101–400

5.1 (1.2–28.2)

0.04

 Calcium score > 400

8.3 (2.3–41.6)

0.004

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, creatinine clearance (mL/min)
  2. OR odds ratio, CI Confidence interval