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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2009 Dec 14;3(1):97–105. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.109.894527

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Risk scores for coronary artery calcium for women. Current smoking defined as having smoked a cigarette in the last 30 days. Diabetic defined as having a previous diagnosis of diabetes, fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL or if use of a hypoglycemic medication. Family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) was defined as having at least one first-degree male relative with CHD diagnosed before age 55 years and at least one first-degree female relative with CHD diagnosed before age 65 years. Rules for familial risk stratification considered the number, sex, lineage and age at onset of relatives with CHD, stroke and diabetes (as described in Figure 1). HDL = high-density lipoprotein