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Table 2 Comparison of coronary artery calcium score among the four groups divided by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and abdominal obesity status

From: Higher association of coronary artery calcification with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease than with abdominal obesity in middle-aged Korean men: the Kangbuk Samsung Health Study

 

Total population (N = 21,335)

NAFLD (−) abdominal obesity (−) (N = 9,052)

NAFLD (−) abdominal obesity (+) (N = 2,220)

NAFLD (+) abdominal obesity (−) (N = 4,859)

NAFLD (+) abdominal obesity (+) (N = 5,204)

p

Mean Ln (CACS + 1)

0.49 ± 1.28

0.34 ± 1.05

0.77 ± 1.60

0.40 ± 1.16

0.72 ± 1.53

<0.001a

Age-adjusted mean Ln (CACS + 1)

–

0.416 ± 0.013d

0.490 ± 0.026d

0.488 ± 0.017d

0.624 ± 0.017

<0.001b

Number of subjects with CACS = 0 (%)

17,950 (84.1)

8,025 (88.7)

1,705 (76.8)

4,187 (86.2)

4,033 (77.5)

<0.001c

Number of subjects with CACS >0 (%)

3,385 (15.9)

1,027 (11.3)

515 (23.2)

672 (13.8)

1,171 (22.5)

<0.001c

  1. NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, CACS coronary artery calcium score.
  2. aP value analyzed by one-way ANOVA.
  3. bP value analyzed by ANCOVA.
  4. cP value analyzed by Chi square test.
  5. dNo differences between the groups with same footnotes in post hoc analyses.
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