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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Mar 13;71(10):1078–1089. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.064

Figure 2. Follow-up CVD Costs* for Medications, Diagnostic Procedures, Outpatient Visits, Coronary Revascularization, and Hospitalization Among MESA Subgroups.

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(A) Follow-up CVD costs for medications, diagnostic procedures, outpatient visits, coronary revascularization, and hospitalization among 6,814 MESA participants across age and sex subgroups. Costs are reported by sex, as data support variable cost patterns among women and men. For Figure 2, the cumulative costs by subgroups of medications, visits, diagnostic procedures, coronary revascularization, and hospitalization are reported. The cumulative costs across the age ranges support higher cost/resource consumption patterns. (B) Cumulative follow-up CVD costs* for medications, diagnostic procedures, outpatient visits, coronary revascularization, and hospitalization among 6,814 mesa participants across Framingham Risk Score (FRS) subgroups of women and men. The cumulative costs across the FRS subgroups support higher cost/resource consumption patterns among higher-risk individuals. The presented costs are unadjusted consumption patterns among older individuals. The presented costs are unadjusted. (C) Follow-up CVD costs* for medications, diagnostic procedures, outpatient visits, coronary revascularization, and hospitalization among 6,814 MESA participants across CACS subgroups of women and men. The cumulative costs across the CACS subgroups support higher cost/resource consumption patterns among individuals with more extensive CAC. Please note that this x-axis extends through $60,000 versus $40,000 for the age, FRS, and hsCRP analyses. The presented costs are unadjusted. (D) Follow-up CVD costs* for medications, diagnostic procedures, outpatient visits, coronary revascularization, and hospitalization among 6,814 MESA participants across hsCRP subgroups of women and men. The cumulative costs among low- and high-risk hsCRP subgroups report slightly higher cost/resource consumption patterns within these higher risk individuals. Noteworthy is the higher costs associated with medications for those individuals with high-risk hsCRP. The presented costs are unadjusted. CACS = coronary artery calcium score; FRS = Framingham Risk Score; hsCRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Other abbreviations as in Figure 1.