Predominance of Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue Reflects the Presence of Aortic Valve Calcification

Table 2

Association with the presence of aortic valve calcification.

	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age, per 1-year increase	1.119 (1.081–1.164)	<0.001	1.120 (1.078–1.168)	<0.001
BMI, per 1 kg/m^2 increase	0.939 (0.872–1.007)	0.085	0.968 (0.889–1.050)	0.446
Male	0.892 (0.517–1.549)	0.681
Hypertension	1.772 (1.006–3.201)	0.052	1.124 (0.580–2.200)	0.730
Dyslipidemia	0.846 (0.493–1.448)	0.542
Diabetes	2.457 (1.379–4.379)	0.002	2.587 (1.323–5.130)	0.006
Smoking history	1.158 (0.669–1.994)	0.599
%abdominal VAT, per 1% increase	1.039 (1.013–1.067)	0.003	1.032 (1.003–1.065)	0.033

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.