Key result
In a high-risk asymptomatic population, 30.7% of men and 16.8% of women had a coronary artery calcium score of 100 or greater, with male sex, increasing age, diabetes, and smoking identified as key predictors.
Cross-Sectional (n=12,950)
1:1:1
Yes
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May identify high-risk asymptomatic adults for prevention intensification; hypothesis-generating for CAC-guided management.
Funding Information: The author(s) would like to thank the European Union for funding the ROBINSCA trial and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports for the ethical approval to perform the trial. Naturally, The author(s) thank all participants for their participation. Furthermore, they would like to thank M Quak for the extensive research assistance, RADventure for developing the data management system and the IVA group for handling all questionnaires and letters. Finally, they thank all employees of the radiology departments of the screening centres (Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn, Bronovo Hospital The Hague and University Medical Centre Groningen) for scanning participants.
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Denissen et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Asymptomatic high cardiovascular risk (n=12,950). Cardiovascular risk factors was evaluated on Prevalence and predictors of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score ≥ 100. In a high-risk asymptomatic population, 30.7% of men and 16.8% of women had a coronary artery calcium score of 100 or greater, with male sex, increasing age, diabetes, and smoking identified as key predictors.
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