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Table 8 Regression coefficients (β) between cardiovascular risk score and extracellular volume fraction (ECV)

From: The association between cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular magnetic resonance measures of fibrosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Risk score

β (msec/%) women/men

CI (95%) women/men

p-value women/men *†

Edinburgh (CHD)

−0.072 / -0.012

[ −0.142 to −0.002 ] / [ −0.059 to 0.035 ]

0.043 / 0.612

Edinburgh (CVD)

−0.013 / 0.014

[ −0.051 to 0.025 ] / [ −0.019 to 0.047 ]

0.497 / 0.397

DEATH (CHD)

−0.035 / 0.013

[ −0.2 to 0.131 ] / [ −0.09 to 0.116 ]

0.68 / 0.806

DEATH (CVD)

0.004 / 0.056

[ −0.053 to 0.062 ] / [ 0.007 to 0.105 ]

0.88 / 0.025

MI

−0.05 / -0.023

[ −0.199 to 0.098 ] / [ −0.097 to 0.05 ]

0.506 / 0.532

STROKE

−0.012 / 0.086

[ −0.106 to 0.082 ] / [ −0.007 to 0.178 ]

0.805 / 0.069

Framingham (CVD)

−0.01 / 0.022

[ −0.051 to 0.031 ] / [ −0.002 to 0.046 ]

0.618 / 0.071

NCEP

0.003 / -0.035

[ −0.047 to 0.052 ] / [ −0.087 to 0.017 ]

0.921 / 0.184

BNF

−0.033 / 0.005

[ −0.079 to 0.012 ] / [ −0.028 to 0.038 ]

0.151 / 0.777

ASSIGN

−0.007 / -0.016

[ −0.018 to 0.003 ] / [ −0.027 to −0.005 ]

0.177 / 0.003

PROCAM

−0.033 / -0.328

[ −0.538 to 0.471 ] / [ −0.906 to 0.25 ]

0.897 / 0.264

Reynolds

−0.083 / 0.041

[ −0.165 to −0.002 ] / [ 0.009 to 0.073 ]

0.044 / 0.013

MESA

−0.005 / 0.154

[ −0.051 to 0.04 ] / [ 0.088 to 0.22 ]

0.817 / <0.001

ASCVD

0.01 / 0.001

[ −0.026 to 0.047 ] / [ −0.04 to 0.042 ]

0.579 / 0.957

  1. *Bold indicates p < 0.05.
  2. Data represented as regression coefficient for women/men.
  3. β = regression coefficient expressed as ms/per unit % change in risk score.