Cardiac computed tomography in patients with symptomatic new-onset atrial fibrillation, rule-out acute coronary syndrome, but with intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease admitted to a chest pain unit

Table 2 Analysis of conventional risk factors and their association to relevant coronary calcification

	Agatston score		p value
	≤ 75th percentile (n = 40)	> 75th percentile (n = 20)	p value
Smoking	2 (5%)	3 (15%)	0.32
Art. hypertension	29 (72%)	16 (80%)	0.75
Family history of CAD	14 (35%)	6 (30%)	0.78
DM	1 (2%)	2 (10%)	0.26
Male sex	17 (42%)	11 (55%)	0.42
HLP	22 (58%)	11 (55%)	1
BMI	27 (25–30)	28 (25–30)	0.49
Number of conventional risk factors present	2 (1–3)	3 (2–3)	0.23

CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, HLP hyperlipoproteinemia

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