JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.06.002

Carotid FDG Uptake Improves Prediction of Future Cardiovascular Events in Asymptomatic Individuals

Seung Hwan Moon, Young Seok Cho, Tae Soo Noh, Joon Young Choi, Byung-Tae Kim and Kyung-Han Lee

Table 2

Table 2

Cox Regression Analysis for Risk Factors Associated With Cardiocerebrovascular Events

	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	p Value	HR	95% CI	p Value
High CIMT	3.28	1.33–8.08	0.010	2.82	1.13–7.03	0.026
High FDG uptake	3.25	1.22–08.25	0.013	2.98	1.17–07.62	0.022
High hsCRP (>3.0 mg/l)	3.16	1.04–09.58	0.042	2.71	0.88–8.36	0.081
Carotid plaques	2.44	0.92–06.44	0.071
High FRS (>20%)	2.00	0.72–05.57	0.183
Low HDL-C (<40 mg/dl)	1.83	0.69–04.83	0.221
Hypertension	1.77	0.69–04.52	0.229
Age (>50 yrs)	1.55	0.59–04.09	0.370
Central obesity (WC ≥90 cm)	1.55	0.51–04.68	0.436
Obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m²)	1.42	0.57–03.49	0.446
Diabetes mellitus	0.65	0.19–02.24	0.495
High LDL-C (>130 mg/dl)	1.29	0.52–03.22	0.581
Metabolic syndrome	0.77	0.26–02.34	0.652
Male	0.77	0.10–05.86	0.804
Current smoking	0.97	0.37–02.57	0.960

BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; FRS = Framingham risk score; HR = hazard ratio; WC = waist circumference.

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