Predictors of diffuse coronary artery calcium phenotype in adults aged ≥ 75: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
Longitudinal exposure to traditional CVD risk factors including higher SBP, higher LDL-C, lower HDL-C, and smoking was associated with a more diffuse pattern of CAC in a population of adults aged 75 and older.
Authors
- K. Matsushita
- M. Blaha
- Zeina Dardari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-3329)
- Abhishek Gami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8358-4694)
- Ramzi Dudum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8629-2870)
- Pamela L. Lutsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-1340)
- David Couper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-9235)
- Candace Howard
- Yejin Mok
- Matthew Budoff
- Siyu Zou
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Jackson Memorial Hospital (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- Minnesota Department of Health (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2026.101412
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00