Coronary Risk Factors and Myocardial Perfusion in Asymptomatic Adults
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Lu Wang, MD, PhD*,
Michael Jerosch-Herold, PhD , ,*,
David R. Jacobs, Jr, PhD*, ,
Eyal Shahar, MD, MPH* and
Aaron R. Folsom, MD, MPH*
* Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Advanced Imaging Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Figure 1 Myocardial perfusion measurements examined by magnetic resonance imaging among asymptomatic subjects according to quartiles of predicted absolute 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD): 1% to 4.8% (median: 3%), 4.9% to 7.9% (median: 6%), 8% to 14.9% (median: 11%), 15% to 46% (median: 20%), estimated using Framingham prediction equations with total cholesterol categories (20). The p values for trend are p = 0.004 for rest MBF, and p < 0.0001 for hyperemic MBF and PR. The error bar represented 95% confidence interval (CI).
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