Predictors of coronary artery calcium among 20-30-year-olds: The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

We sought to understand the risk factor correlates of very early coronary artery calcium (CAC), and the potential investigational value of CAC phenotyping in adults aged 20-30 years.

Methods

We studied all participants aged 20-30 years at baseline (N = 373) in the Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium, a large multi-center cohort study of patients aged 18 years or older without known atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) at baseline, referred for CAC scoring for clinical risk stratification. We described the prevalence of CAC in men and women, the frequency of risk factors by the presence of CAC (CAC = 0 vs CAC >0), and assessed the association between traditional non-demographic CVD risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, family histor

SUBMITTER: Osei AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260100 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature