All-cause mortality by age and gender based on coronary artery calcium scores

Conclusion
CAC is strongly associated with the long-term risk of mortality in young- and middle-aged men and women. In older patients, the long-term risk stratification of CAC is lower, due principally to increased mortality rate in patients with low calcium scores; however, even in the older patients, those with absent or low CAC are at a significantly lower risk of mortality compared with the general population.

Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - October 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nakanishi, R., Li, D., Blaha, M. J., Whelton, S. P., Darabian, S., Flores, F. R., Dailing, C., Blumenthal, R. S., Nasir, K., Berman, D. S., Budoff, M. J. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research