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Detection of High-Risk Young Adults and Women by Coronary Calcium and National Cholesterol Education Program Panel III Guidelines

Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH^_*,, Erin D. Michos, MD, Roger S. Blumenthal, MD and Paolo Raggi, MD^,_*

^_* Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Section of Cardiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Relationship of coronary calcium scores (CCS) and National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)–defined risk categories. Risk levels: gray bars = low risk; white bars = intermediate risk; dotted bars = moderately high risk; black bars = high risk.

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Proportion of individuals not qualifying for pharmacotherapy across increasing coronary calcium scores (CCS).

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Proportion of men and women not qualifying for pharmacotherapy across increasing coronary calcium scores (CCS). White bars = men; black bars = women.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Proportion of young and old individuals not qualifying for pharmacotherapy across increasing coronary calcium scores (CCS). White bars = men 55 years, women 65 years; black bars = men <55 years, women <65 years.