Atherosclerosis Burden in Patients with Acute Chest Pain: Obesity Paradox

Table 2

Body morphology indices and obesity categorized by extent of CAC.

Body indices	All patients (𝑁=1030)	Absent-to-mild CAC (𝑁=847)	Moderate-to-severe CAC (𝑁=183)	𝑃 value
BMI, median (range)	29.2 (14.8–68.6)	29.4 (17.4–68.6)	27.5 (14.8–57.8)	0.001
Obesity, no. (%)	471 (45.7)	403 (47.6)	68 (37.2)	0.010
Body weight (kg) (SD)	86.4 (23.2)	87.4 (23.5)	82.1 (21.5)	0.005
BSA (m^2) (SD)	2.73 (0.39)	2.74 (0.39)	2.67 (0.38)	0.037
Height (meters) (SD)	1.68 (0.11)	1.68 (0.11)	1.68 (0.11)	0.616