Coronary artery calcium was the superior predictor for incident CHD/CVD compared to ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity CRP, and family history in intermediate-risk individuals.
Does coronary artery calcium provide superior risk discrimination for incident CHD/CVD compared to other novel risk markers in intermediate-risk individuals?
Coronary artery calcium is superior to ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity CRP, and family history for predicting incident cardiovascular events and reclassifying risk in intermediate-risk individuals.
Coronary artery calcium, ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity CRP, and family history were independent predictors of incident CHD/CVD in intermediate-risk individuals. Coronary artery calcium provided superior discrimination and risk reclassification compared with other risk markers.
Yeboah et al. (2012) studied this question. Coronary artery calcium was the superior predictor for incident CHD/CVD compared to ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity CRP, and family history in intermediate-risk individuals.