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Editorial
. 2023 Sep;16(9):e015849.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015849. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Heart of the Matter: Expanding the Applicability of CAC to a More Diverse Population

Melissa A Daubert  1 , Martha Gulati  2
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Editorial

Heart of the Matter: Expanding the Applicability of CAC to a More Diverse Population

Melissa A Daubert et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; cholesterol; hyperlipidemias; prevalence.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures Dr Daubert receives grant funding from Patients Age 85 and Older by Sex-Race Group. She is contact Principal Investigator for CAC PREVENTABLE (Pragmatic Evaluation of Events and Benefits of Lipid-Lowering in Older Adults; 1R01HL155396). The other author reports no conflicts.

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Comparison of the 75th percentile from the original MESA Visit 1 and the new ARIC-MESA cohorts by sex-race groups: A) Black women; B) White women; C) Black men; and D) White men. In the contemporary ARIC-MESA cohort, there is a notable shift in the absolute CAC scores (higher) corresponding to the 75th percentile among Black older adults, but remained relatively unchanged among White older adults. Figure provided by Matsushita et al.
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