Using Coronary Artery Calcification Combined with Pretest Clinical Risk Assessment as a Means of Determining Investigation and Treatment in Patients Presenting with Chest Pain in a Rural Setting

Table 1

The relationship between calcium scores and diabetes and hypertension.

Sex	Diabetes	Hypertension			Mean	Std. deviation	Std. error mean
Female	No	No	Calcium score = NS	157	80.661	243.6941	19.4489
		Yes	Calcium score = NS	70	117.361	238.9071	28.5549
	Yes	No	Calcium score = .043	17	33.024	61.9628	15.0282
		Yes	Calcium score = .185	15	140.933	391.3516	101.0465
Male	No	No	Calcium score = NS	112	127.568	244.7537	23.1271
		Yes	Calcium score = NS	64	251.000	424.6471	53.0809
	Yes	No	Calcium score = .154	5	412.720	526.3036	235.3701
		Yes	Calcium score = .012	22	297.895	505.1356	107.6953

This table shows the distribution of calcium score in the study population and the relationship to diabetes and hypertension, two major risk factors for coronary disease. The relationship between calcium score and these risk factors is weak. It is strongest for the male gender and diabetes combined with hypertension.