Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score
Abstract Coronary artery calcium score (CACs) is a measurement of calcification in coronary arteries using a computed tomography scan. It has a predictive role for future myocardial infarction thus it aids in cardiovascular risk assessment and physician decision making. Multiple risk factors have be...
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| author | Ibrahim Al-Sawalha Dalia Alzoubi |
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| description | Abstract Coronary artery calcium score (CACs) is a measurement of calcification in coronary arteries using a computed tomography scan. It has a predictive role for future myocardial infarction thus it aids in cardiovascular risk assessment and physician decision making. Multiple risk factors have been attributed to coronary artery calcification including age, male gender and ethnicity. Herein, we report our concerns regarding neglecting ethnicity within participants demographics and data analysis, which may affect the findings of the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e080ccf6474b43cf809a6f865879a6532022-12-22T02:45:51ZengBMCCardiovascular Diabetology1475-28402022-08-012111210.1186/s12933-022-01587-5Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium scoreIbrahim Al-Sawalha0Dalia Alzoubi1Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyFaculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyAbstract Coronary artery calcium score (CACs) is a measurement of calcification in coronary arteries using a computed tomography scan. It has a predictive role for future myocardial infarction thus it aids in cardiovascular risk assessment and physician decision making. Multiple risk factors have been attributed to coronary artery calcification including age, male gender and ethnicity. Herein, we report our concerns regarding neglecting ethnicity within participants demographics and data analysis, which may affect the findings of the study.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01587-5Coronary artery calcium scoreEthnicityMyocardial infarction |
| spellingShingle | Ibrahim Al-Sawalha Dalia Alzoubi Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score Cardiovascular Diabetology Coronary artery calcium score Ethnicity Myocardial infarction |
| title | Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| title_full | Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| title_fullStr | Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| title_short | Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| title_sort | ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score |
| topic | Coronary artery calcium score Ethnicity Myocardial infarction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01587-5 |
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