A multiethnic study strengthens the evidence for CAC as a risk factor in coronary disease but not the case for including it in routine risk assessment.
Several studies have established the association of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores with risk for adverse coronary events, but these studies have not included large numbers of subjects from varied ethnic groups. Investigators used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) — a prospective, population-based study of samples from six urban communities — to determine how CAC relates to coronary events in four major ethnic groups.
About half of the 6722 adult participants (approximate mean age, 62) were women. The prevalence of measurable CAC was 70% and 45% for white men and women, respectively; 52% and 37% for black men and women, respectively; 57% and 35% for Hispanic men and women, respectively; and 59% and 42% for Chine…
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