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Table 6 Comparison according to Multislice CT coronary angiography regarding demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings

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

Variables

Normal (N = 37)

Non-OCAD (N = 39)

OCAD (N = 24)

p value

Age (years)

52.1 ± 9.0a

59.2 ± 7.1b

59.6 ± 7.8b

^ < 0.001*

Sex

    

 Male

19 (51.4%)

26 (66.7%)

18 (75.0%)

#0.145

 Female

18 (48.6%)

13 (33.3%)

6 (25.0%)

 

Hypertension

17 (45.9%)a

28 (71.8%)b

17 (70.8%)b

#0.040*

Diabetes mellitus

13 (35.1%)

12 (30.8%)

14 (58.3%)

#0.078

Smoking

6 (16.2%)a

11 (28.2%)ab

11 (45.8%)b

#0.042*

Family history of IHD

2 (5.4%)

2 (5.1%)

1 (4.2%)

§0.999

SBP (mmHg)

129.7 ± 11.4a

140.3 ± 16.0b

142.3 ± 19.2b

^0.002*

DBP (mmHg)

78.6 ± 8.1a

84.1 ± 8.9b

84.0 ± 9.0b

^0.013*

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.1

^0.997

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

238.2 ± 47.2

254.8 ± 29.4

253.0 ± 28.0

^0.117

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

154.5 ± 17.5

153.3 ± 21.0

157.1 ± 23.6

^0.773

HDL (mg/dL)

42.0 ± 4.4a

39.5 ± 4.2b

39.4 ± 4.6b

^0.019*

LDL (mg/dL)

168.3 ± 29.8

182.6 ± 25.1

180.2 ± 25.2

^0.059

HeartScore

2.8 ± 2.3a

7.5 ± 5.1b

12.3 ± 8.8c

^ < 0.001*

Coronary artery calcium score

12.2 ± 48.0a

148.9 ± 208.7b

175.3 ± 221.1b

^ < 0.001*

  1. Bold: A p-value less than 0.05 (typically ≤ 0.05) is statistically significant
  2. ^ANOVA test. #Chi square test. §Fisher's Exact test. *Significant Homogenous groups had the same symbol "a,b,c" based on the post hoc Bonferroni test