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Carotid artery calcification on X-ray strongly indicates severe generalized atherosclerosis, peaking at ~27% in older men.
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Imataka et al. (1980) studied this question. Carotid artery calcification on X-ray strongly indicated severe generalized atherosclerosis, with prevalence increasing rapidly after age 60 to reach 27.3% in men and 16.7% in women in their 70s.
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