May 9, 2014Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology155 citationsOpen Access

Abdominal Aortic Calcium, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

MCMichael H. Criqui JDJulie O. Denenberg RMRobyn L. McClelland

Structured PICO

Do abdominal aortic calcium and coronary artery calcium independently predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality?

Population

Participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Intervention

Abdominal Aortic Calcium (AAC) and Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) assessment

Outcome

Hard coronary heart disease, hard CVD events, CVD mortality, and total mortalityhard clinical

Abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) is an independent predictor of CVD mortality and has a stronger association with total mortality than coronary artery calcium (CAC).

Abstract

AAC and CAC predicted hard coronary heart disease and hard CVD events independent of one another. Only AAC was independently related to CVD mortality, and AAC showed a stronger association than CAC with total mortality.

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