Electron beam tomography and national cholesterol education program guidelines in asymptomatic women
Harvey S. Hecht, MD, FACC* and
H. Robert Superko, MD, FACC
* Arizona Heart Institute and Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Heart and Vascular Institute, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Berkeley HeartLab, Berkeley, California, USA

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Figure 1 Correlation of electron beam tomography (EBT) calcium percentile and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) in EBT+ women. r = 0.06, p= 0.49.
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Figure 2 Correlation of electron beam tomography (EBT) calcium percentile and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) in EBT+ women. r = 0.03, p= 0.73.
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