Aortic Arch Calcification Is a Strong Predictor of the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Table 3

The predictive value of AAC grades for intermediate–high SS.

Variable	Univariate	P value		P value
	OR, 95% CI		OR, 95% CI
AAC grade 0	Reference		Reference
AAC grade 1	8.00, 5.10–12.56	<0.001	12.95, 7.85–21.36	<0.001
AAC grade 2	65.51, 40.43–106.16	<0.001	191.76, 103.17–356.43	<0.001
AAC grade 3	98.21, 47.96–201.08	<0.001	527.81, 198.24–1405.28	<0.001

variables included in multivariable analysis were age, diabetes, dyslipidemia, history of MI, history of CA, known PVD, smoking, ACS types, DBP, CK-MB, cTnI, fibrinogen categories, CRP, LDL-C, HDL-C, TG, FPG, HbA1c, CKD stages, LVEF, beta-blockers, CCBs, insulin, sulfonyl urea, and alpha-glucosidase inhibitors.
OR indicates odds ratio; for other abbreviations, see Table 1.