Defining Demographic-Specific Coronary Artery Calcium Percentiles in the Population Aged ≥75: The ARIC Study and MESA.

Frances M Wang Miguel Cainzos-Achirica Shoshana H Ballew Josef Coresh Aaron R Folsom Candace M Howard-Claudio Wendy S Post Lynne E Wagenknecht Matthew J Budoff Michael J Blaha Kunihiro Matsushita

Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2023)

In community-dwelling adults aged ≥75 years free of clinical coronary heart disease, the prevalence of zero CAC was 11%, and CAC >100 as a threshold for high ASCVD risk would categorize most of this older population as high risk. Demographic-specific CAC percentiles from this study are a valuable tool for interpreting CAC in the population aged ≥75 years.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
coronary artery
risk factors
physical activity
pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension