Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics
| Clinical characteristics | Patients with detectable coronary calcification (n = 42) | Patients without coronary calcification (n = 21) | p Value |
| Age in years (SD), range | 63 (8), 40 to 80 | 53 (13), 33 to 76 | <0.001 |
| Unstable presentation | 11 (26%) | 15 (71%) | 0.001 |
| Male gender | 34 (81%) | 16 (76%) | NS |
| Arterial hypertension | 31 (74%) | 13 (62%) | NS |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7 (17%) | 1 (5%) | NS |
| Family history | 14 (33%) | 5 (24%) | NS |
| Smoking | 19 (45%) | 12 (57%) | NS |
| BMI | 27.9 (5) | 26.4 (3) | NS |
