Distribution, Size, and Shape of Abdominal Aortic Calcified Deposits and Their Relationship to Mortality in Postmenopausal Women

Table 3

The mean ± one standard deviation of all the imaging markers stratified for the different subsets of patients. NCD^# stands for number of calcifications.

	All (𝑛=308)	Survivors (𝑛=256)	CVD (𝑛=20)	Cancer (𝑛=27)	CVD/Can (𝑛=47)	Other (𝑛=5)	All-cause (𝑛=52)
AC24	1.67±2.55	1.35±2.34	3.50±2.35	3.41±3.23	3.45±2.86	1.35±2.36	3.23±2.86
Area % (%)	0.6±1.2	0.5±1.1	1.0±0.9	1.6±1.8	1.3±1.5	0.5±1.1	1.2±1.5
Sim. area % (%)	11±17	8.9±15.7	24±16	25±24	25±21	8.7±15.5	23±21
Thickness % (%)	11±20	9.0±𝑙9	17±16	25±28	21±24	8.7±19	20±24
Wall % (%)	1.03±1.83	0.79±1.64	2.08±1.70	2.51±2.68	2.33±2.30	0.80±1.63	2.16±2.27
Length % (%)	7.5±12.8	6.0±11.7	15.4±11.2	17.3±17.6	16.5±15.1	5.9±11.6	15.4±15.0
NCD^#	3.8±7.7	2.6±6.4	8.5±6.5	11.6±13.4	10.3±11.0	2.6±6.3	9.6±10.8