. . . "sociated with age, MAP, pack-years of smoking, and diabetes but not with LDL-C or HDL-C. A recent review by Jayalathet al. reported that clinical determinants of aortic calcification were age, hypertension,cigarette smoking, diabetes, and other factors.22 They also reported that the association ofaortic calcification with LDL-C and HDL-C was incons" . .