Research Article

Atherosclerosis Burden in Patients with Acute Chest Pain: Obesity Paradox

Table 3

Association between body morphology indices and moderate-to-severe CAC.

Body indicesUnivariable analysis valueMultivariable analysis* value

BMI0.956 (0.933, 0.981)0.0010.945 (0.920, 0.971)<0.001
Obesity0.651 (0.469, 0.905)0.0110.564 (0.395, 0.806)0.002
Body weight0.989 (0.982, 0.997)0.0050.987 (0.979, 0.995)0.001
BSA0.636 (0.415, 0.974)0.0380.582 (0.369, 0.920)0.020

Adjusted for Framingham CAD risk score, and history of stroke, and history of PAD.