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