RNASE3 and calcification: Plasma ECP levels also correlated significantly with CAC (P < 0.001) and with the calcification scores of abdominal suprarenal aorta (P < 0.001), mitral valve (P = 0.002), aortic arch (P < 0.001), descending aorta (P = 0.008), renal artery (P = 0.008), infrarenal aorta (P < 0.001), and iliac artery (P = 0.005), but not with calcification of the aortic valve and ascending aorta (Table 1; see Supplementary data online, Figure S22).