Importance of Age and Sex in Carotid Artery Plaque Detection and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
CAP becomes very common with increasing age among individuals without clinical ASCVD, and the association of CAP with incident ASCVD events was strongest in younger ages, especially among women. These data can help guide ASCVD risk assessment in younger adults and provide perspective when CAP is detected on clinical imaging studies in older adults.
Authors
- Kristin Hansen
- Robyn L. McClelland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2433-1512)
- Michael D. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9071-3287)
- Matthew C. Tattersall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6115-9651)
- Claudia E. Korcarz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-9027)
- Spencer Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0853-4907)
- James H. Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-8223)
- Wendy S Post
Institutions
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5702
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.11