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. 2015 May 15;67(4):332–340. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.04.017

Table 2.

Estimated cardiovascular risk and measures of subclinical atherosclerosis according to presence or absence of coronary artery disease.

Parameter No CAD (n = 117) Non-critical CAD (n = 47) CAD (n = 30) p Value
Framingham risk score (n = 192)
  • Mean score ± std dev

13.0 ± 9.4 17.7 ± 10.1 20.0 ± 9.5 <0.001
  • Patients with ≥20% 10-year risk, n (%)

23/117 (19.7) 17/46 (37.0) 12/29 (41.4) 0.014
JBS3 risk score (n = 191)
  • Mean score ± std dev

12.2 ± 11.2 18.3 ± 12.5 24.3 ± 13.7 <0.001
  • Patients with ≥20% 10-year risk, n (%)

23/116 (19.8) 14/46 (30.4) 17/29 (58.6) <0.001
ACC/AHA risk score (n = 157)
  • Mean score ± std dev

7.8 ± 7.7 11.7 ± 10.9 12.1 ± 7.7 0.02
  • Patients with ≥20% 10-year risk, n (%)

7/86 (8.1) 7/43 (16.3) 6/28 (21.4) 0.13
WHO/ISH risk score (n = 157)
  • Patients with ≥20% 10-year risk, n (%)

11/86 (12.8) 6/43 (14.0) 5/28 (17.9) 0.80
Carotid intima-media thickness (mm)
  • Median (interquartile range)

0.60 (0.5, 0.79) 0.75 (0.60, 0.80) 0.75 (0.65, 0.90) 0.004
Coronary calcium score
  • Median (interquartile range)

0 (0, 0) 18.1 (1.0, 63.2) 67.1 (21.2, 268.5) <0.001
  • Calcium score categories-

 ‘0’ score, n (%) 93 (79.5) 10 (21.3) 5 (16.7)
 1–99, n (%) 23 (19.7) 31 (66.0) 12 (40.0) <0.001
 100–399, n (%) 1 (0.9) 5 (10.6) 9 (30.0)
 ≥400, n (%) 0 (0) 1 (2.1) 4 (13.3)

ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; CAD, coronary artery disease; JBS3, 3rd iteration of the Joint British Societies.