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Table 11 HEART and Coronary artery calcium SCOREs Comparison according to affected vessels number (SVD vs MVD)

From: Multislice CT coronary angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring, correlation with Heart Score

Variables

Single (N = 24)

Multiple (N = 39)

p value

HEARTSCORE

HEARTSCORE

9.3 ± 6.6

9.3 ± 7.5

^0.999

HEART grades

Low < 1%

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

#0.931

Moderate 1: < 5

4 (16.7%)

8 (20.5%)

 

High ≥ 5: < 10

11 (45.8%)

17 (43.6%)

 

Very high ≥ 10

9 (37.5%)

14 (35.9%)

 

Coronary artery calcium SCORE

CAC SCORE

117.5 ± 158.8

226.3 ± 268.3

^0.047*

CAC grades

No: Zero

2 (8.3%)

4 (10.3%)

§0.168

Mild 1: 100

11 (45.8%)

21 (53.8%)

 

Mod 101: 400

5 (20.8%)

12 (30.8%)

 

Severe > 400

6 (25.0%)

2 (5.1%)

 
  1. Bold: A p-value less than 0.05 (typically ≤ 0.05) is statistically significant
  2. ^Independent t-test. #Chi square test. §Fisher’s Exact test. *Significant