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Table 3 Correlations between CAC [ln(CACS + 1)] and risk factors

From: Relationship between the triglyceride glucose index and coronary artery calcification in Korean adults

 

R

P

Age

0.357

<0.01

Sex (male)

0.299

<0.01

SBP

0.161

<0.01

DBP

0.160

<0.01

BMI

0.116

<0.01

FPG

0.145

<0.01

TC

0.017

0.30

TG

0.109

<0.01

LDL-C

0.032

0.06

HDL-C

−0.105

<0.01

TyG index

0.138

<0.01

Insulin

0.098

<0.01

HOMA-IR

0.119

<0.01

Alcohol consumption

0.011

0.51

Regular exercise

0.026

0.21

Smoking

0.039

0.04

  1. Continuous variables with skewed distributions (TG, insulin, HOMA-IR) were log transformed for analysis
  2. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TyG triglyceride glucose index, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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