Characteristic | Total | With diabetes | Without diabetes |
---|
CT | N = 43 | R | P | N = 22 | R | P | N = 21 | R | P |
 TC (mL) |  | 0.081 | 0.607 |  | −0.025 | 0.911 |  | 0.149 | 0.519 |
 ARC (mL) |  | 0.271 | 0.079 |  | −0.076 | 0.737 |  | 0.612 | 0.003 |
 ATAC (mL) |  | 0.092 | 0.555 |  | −0.127 | 0.573 |  | 0.273 | 0.231 |
 AAC (mL) |  | 0.107 | 0.495 |  | 0.143 | 0.525 |  | 0.068 | 0.770 |
 DTAC (mL) |  | 0.060 | 0.702 |  | −0.113 | 0.618 |  | 0.169 | 0.465 |
Routine chest radiography |
 AAC(%) | N = 24 | −0.199 | 0.351 | N = 6 | 0.213 | 0.686 | N = 18 | −0.053 | 0.835 |
- Thoracic aorta calcium estimated by computed tomography (CT): calcification volume quantified by extracting the aorta calcium with density and without diabetesiplied by 100 to express the results as a percentage.matic software; thoracic aorta was divided into 4 sites, aortic root calcium (ARC), ascending aorta calcium (ATAC), AAC(aortic arch calcium), DTAC(descending thoracic aorta calcium) and TC (total calcium) were all calculated
- AAC by routine chest radiography: the circumferences of aortic arch was divided into 16 sites, the number of sectors with calcification was calculated and multiplied by 100 to express the results as a percentage