Diagnostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.

Sung JH, Yeboah J, Lee JE, Smith CL, Terry JG, Sims M, Samdarshi T, Musani S, Fox E, Ge Y, Wilson JG, Taylor HA, Carr JJ. Diagnostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. British journal of medicine and medical research. 11(11). PMID: 26949662 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4778968 NIHMSID: NIHMS763298.

Abstract

The role of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as a screening tool for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in African Americans (AAs) is unclear. We compared the diagnostic accuracy for CVD prevalence using the CAC score and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in an adult population of AAs.