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. 2021 Dec 7;10(24):e023037. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023037

Table 5.

Unadjusted Cardiovascular Disease and Coronary Heart Disease Event Rates by Race

Cardiovascular disease Agatston score categories
0 1–99 100–299 300+ 1000+
CAC: All 2.2 (49/2199) 5.8 (33/569) 6.1 (9/147) 15.6 (15/96)
AAC: All 2 (29/1438) 2.5 (22/876) 6.4 (19/296) 7.8 (19/243) 10.8 (17/158)
CAC: Black race 3.1 (34/1082) 7.0 (16/229) 8.3 (5/60) 18.6 (8/43)
CAC: White race 1.3 (15/1117) 5.0 (17/340) 4.6 (4/87) 13.2 (7/53)
AAC: Black race 2.8 (18/644) 2.9 (12/414) 7 (10/142) 11.4 (14/123) 9.9 (9/91)
AAC: White race 1.4 (11/794) 2.2 (10/462) 5.8 (9/154) 4.2 (5/120) 11.9 (8/67)
CAC: Men 3.0 (23/770) 6.5 (23/356) 6.1 (6/98) 12.3 (9/73)
CAC: Women 1.8 (26/1429) 4.7 (10/213) 6.1 (3/49) 26.1 (6/23)
AAC: Men 3.2 (17/532) 3.0 (12/395) 8.6 (14/162) 7.2 (9/125) 10.8 (9/83)
AAC: Women 1.3 (12/906) 2.1 (10/481) 3.7 (5/134) 8.5 (10/118) 10.7 (8/75)

Cells contain % events (n/N); because of small sample size for CAC 1000+, the CAC categories 300‐999 and 1000+ were combined for event analyses.

AAC indicates abdominal aorta calcification; and CAC, coronary artery calcification.