Pulse pressure correlates with coronary artery calcification and risk for coronary heart disease

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  Fig. 1. Calcifications in different parts of the coronary artery. LAD, left anterior descending; LCX, left circumflex; LM, left main; RCA, right coronary artery.

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  Fig. 2. PP correlated with 10-year CHD risk. CHD, coronary heart disease; FRS, Framingham Risk Score; PP, pulse pressure.

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  Fig. 3. The aggregation pattern of blood pressure in different CAC status. *P<0.05; ***P<0.0001. CAC, coronary artery calcification; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

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  Fig. 4. The mean CAC scores in different blood pressure groups. **P<0.001; ***P<0.0001. CAC, coronary artery calcification; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PP, pulse pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

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  Fig. 5. Correlation analysis between PP and coronary artery calcification Agatston score (a), volume (b), mass (c), density (d) and in (density +1) (e).

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  Fig. 6. Receiver operating characteristic curve and AUC showing the predicting power of age, systolic pressure, Framingham Risk Score 10-year coronary heart disease risk score, and PP in the prediction of coronary artery calcification. AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; PP, pulse pressure. aMethodology of DeLong et al. (1988) 10. bBinomial exact 95% confidence intervals.