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Table 2 Association between participants’ characteristics and LDCT scan findings with cardiovascular diseases (n = 64)

From: The additional value of lung cancer screening program in identifying unrecognized diseases

  

Univariable logistic regression

Multivariable logistic regression

 

N = 64

OR

95%CI

P

OR

95%CI

P

Age

       

52–58 years

10 (15.6)

Ref

  

59–64 years

30 (46.9)

2.10

1.00–4.39

0.05

65–78 years

24 (37.5)

2.18

1.01–4.66

0.05

Sex (M)

49 (76.6)

2.13

1.17–3.87

0.01

Smoking

       

Former smoker

11 (17.2)

Ref

  

Current smoker

53 (82.8)

1.93

0.99–3.77

0.05

Pack year

49 (19.7)

1.01

1.00–1.02

0.05

Lung nodules

       

No nodules

24 (37.5)

Ref

  

Ref

  

Nodules <  = 8 mm

33 (51.6)

1.13

0.64–2.00

0.68

1.11

0.62–1.97

0.73

Nodules > 8 mm

7 (10.9)

1.05

0.51–2.17

0.89

0.96

0.46–1.99

0.46

Ground glass opacity

4 (6.3)

0.99

0.34–2.85

0.99

1.10

0.38–3.21

0.38

Centrolobular emphysema

20 (31.3)

1.04

0.60–1.81

0.88

0.96

0.55–1.68

0.87

Paraseptal emphysema

9 (14.1)

1.37

0.65–2.88

0.41

1.22

0.57–2.59

0.61

Atelectasis areas

6 (9.4)

1.04

0.43–2.50

0.94

1.01

0.41–2.45

0.99

Bronchial wall thickening

30 (46.9)

1.42

0.85–2.38

0.18

1.33

0.79–2.24

0.28

Bronchiectasis

6 (9.4)

1.16

0.48–2.80

0.75

1.14

0.47–2.79

0.77

Diffuse fibrosis

3 (4.7)

3.00

0.82–11.04

0.10

2.49

0.65–9.51

0.18

Subpleural fibrosis

15 (23.4)

0.49

0.27–0.89

0.02

0.47

0.26–0.86

0.01

Paravertebral fibrosis

4 (6.3)

2.10

0.70–6.31

0.19

1.90

0.62–5.83

0.26

Mucus plugs

4 (6.3)

3.43

1.08–10.83

0.04

3.37

1.04–10.89

0.04

Tracheal deviation

1 (1.6)

0.63

0.08–4.84

0.66

0.45

0.06–3.55

0.45

Coronary calcifications

33 (51.6)

1.92

1.15–3.22

0.01

1.56

0.91–2.66

0.10

Valve calcifications

18 (28.1)

2.25

1.26–4.04

 < 0.01

2.02

1.11–3.67

0.02

Breast nodule

2 (3.1)

2.17

0.47–10.12

0.32

3.33

0.67–16.66

0.14

  1. Categorical variables are expressed as frequency (%), while continuous variables as mean (SD). Adjustment variables in the multivariable logistic regression were age, sex and pack year. Broncholitiasis was not represented in this cohort