Fig. 2.

Proportion of participants receiving discordant anti-hypertensive pharmacotherapy recommendations across CAC score categories*.

*Discordant recommendations: Prehypertension by JNC7 and Stage 1 hypertension with 10-year ASCVD risk ≥10% by ACC/AHA guideline.

□p-value for discordant recommendation in each CAC category across each race/ethnic group (Reference group is White race)

CAC=0: p = 0.280 for South Asians, p<0.001 for Blacks, p = 0.079 for Hispanics, and p = 0.469 for Chinese-Americans

CAC 1–100: p = 0.712 for South Asians, p = 0.150 for Blacks, p = 0.939 for Hispanics, and p = 0.842 for Chinese-Americans

CAC>100: p = 0.003 for South Asians, p = 0.003 for Blacks, p = 0.528 for Hispanics, and p = 0.309 for Chinese-Americans

CAC – coronary artery calcium.