Association between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and progression of coronary artery calcium: a prospective cohort study

Table 5 Risk of progression of Coronary Calcium Score according to baseline brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity quartiles odds ratio (95 % CI) of CAC change >0 by PWV quartiles among subjects with baseline CAC = 0

	Number	Cases	Age-sex-adjusted OR^a (95 % CI)	Multivariate-adjusted OR^a (95 % CI)
	Number	Cases	Age-sex-adjusted OR^a (95 % CI)	Model 1	Model 2
Total
Q1	236	8	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Q2	219	17	1.22 (0.93–5.27)	2.28 (0.94–5.51)	1.26 (0.93–5.50)
Q3	202	30	4.38 (1.95–9.83)	4.21 (1.83–9.68)	1.15 (1.79–9.61)
Q4	178	21	3.05 (1.31–7.12)	3.16 (1.29–7.70)	3.04 (1.20–7.73)
P for trend			0.003	0.004	0.006

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aEstimated from logistic regression. Multivariable model 1 was adjusted for age, sex, center, year of screening exam, smoking status, alcohol intake, educational level, BMI, diabetes, hypertension, HDL, LDL and glucose; model 2: model 1 plus adjustment for sbp and heart rate

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