A Simple Approach to the Identification of Guideline-Based Coronary Artery Calcium Score Percentiles (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis).

ABSTRACT: Absolute coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores and CAC percentiles can identify different patient groups, which could be confusing in clinical practice. We aimed to create a simple "rule of thumb" for identifying the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association endorsed 75th CAC percentile based on age, gender, and the absolute CAC score. Using the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, we calculated the age and gender-specific percent likelihood that a guideline-based absolute CAC score group (1 to 100, 100 to 300, >300) will place a patient above the 75th percentile. Also, we derived gender-specific age cutoffs by which 95% of participants with any (>0), moderate (≥100), or severe (≥300) CAC score would be over the 75th percentile. We repeated the analysis using the 90t

SUBMITTER: Osei AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature