Calcification of the splenic, iliac, and breast arteries and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

CVD risks associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC) and aortic calcification (AC) are well known, but less is known about other calcified arteries. We aimed to assess the associations of arterial calcification in the breast, splenic, and internal and external iliac arteries with CVD risk factors and mortality.

Methods

We conducted a case-cohort study nested in a cohort of 5196 individuals who self-referred or were referred by a health care provider for whole body computed tomography (CT), including a random subcohort (n = 395) and total and CVD mortality cases (n = 298 and n = 90), who died during a median follow-up of 9.4 years. Arterial calcification in the breast, splenic, and internal and external iliac arteries on CT was scored using a simp

SUBMITTER: Hendriks EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5376519 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature