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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2018 Sep 15;279:122–129. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.09.015

Table 2.

The prevalence of CAC* by 10-year ASCVD risk categories and racial/ethnic group.

10-Year ASCVD risk estimates (2013 ACC/AHA) South Asians Non-Hispanic Whites African Americans Hispanics (Latinos) Chinese Americans
< 5% ASCVD risk
    CAC =0 237 (86) 628 (70) 326 (90) 422 (82) 212 (70)
    CAC 1–100 48 (11) 166 (23) 47 (9) 68 (16) 55 (19)
    CAC >100 10 (3) 48 (7) 7 (1) 15 (2) 16 (11)
5 to 7.5%ASCVD risk
    CAC =0 43 (62) 120 (48) 141 (65) 87 (63) 36 (46)
    CAC 1–100 22 (33) 93 (37) 45 (21) 41 (28) 30 (42)
    CAC >100 6 (6) 40 (14) 21 (14) 13 (9) 10 (11)
≥ 7.5% ASCVD risk
    CAC =0 48 (34) 260 (31) 445 (55) 229 (44) 106 (42)
    CAC 1–100 56 (35) 265 (30) 266 (27) 202 (31) 112 (36)
    CAC >100 66 (31) 453 (38) 216 (18) 177 (25) 93 (22)

p value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
*

Results are age-standardized.

Data presented as n (%).

Percentages may not add 100% due to rounding.

ACC = American College of Cardiology; AHA = American Heart Association; ASCVD = atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CAC = coronary artery calcium.