Cardiovascular magnetic resonance parameters of atherosclerotic plaque burden improve discrimination of prior major adverse cardiovascular events

Table 4 Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves

Model	Carotids	Thoracic aorta
1) Age and sex*	0.71 (0.64 – 0.78)	0.71 (0.64 – 0.78)
2) Age, sex and risk factors†	0.73 (0.65 – 0.79)	0.73 (0.65 – 0.79)
3) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and lumen diameter	0.73 (0.66 – 0.80)	0.73 (0.65 – 0.79)
4) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and vessel diameter	0.73 (0.66 – 0.80)	0.72 (0.65 – 0.79)
5) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and wall thickness	0.75 (0.68 – 0.81)	0.74 (0.66 – 0.80)
6) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and standard deviation wall thickness	0.79 (0.71 – 0.85)	0.74 (0.66 – 0.80)
7) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and lumen area	0.73 (0.65 – 0.79)	0.72 (0.65 – 0.79)
8) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and total vessel area	0.73 (0.66 – 0.80)	0.72 (0.65 – 0.79)
9) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and wall area	0.74 (0.66 – 0.80)	0.73 (0.66 – 0.80)
10) Age, sex, risk factors^†, and normalized wall index	0.74 (0.66 – 0.80)	0.74 (0.67 – 0.81)

Numbers in the table represent AUC and 95% confidence interval, Bold represents highest AUC value (See Figure 3 for p-value)
AUC – Area under the ROC curve
† Risk factors include history of ever smoking, body mass index, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

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