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Table 3 Distribution of CAC score ≥ 25th percentile between severe hypercholesterolemia and control groups

From: Is the coronary artery calcium score the first-line tool for investigating patients with severe hypercholesterolemia?

Variable – CAC score

Severe hypercholesterolemia

Control group

p value

All subjects (n = 213)

140.30 ± 185.72

87.84 ± 140.65

0.146

Women (n = 105)

157.67 ± 215.25

49.50 ± 60.75

0.131

Men (n = 108)

134.34 ± 177.58

96.69 ± 152.83

0.429

  1. CAC score – coronary artery calcium score