CT-Detected Growth of Coronary Artery Calcification in Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Subjects and Association With 15 Biomarkers

Conclusions
In this prospective study, a large part of participants had incident CAC or progression of prevalent CAC at 5 years of follow-up. Low-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol were associated with CAC incidence and phosphate with CAC progression, whereas 12 other biomarkers had little value.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - August 7, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Diederichsen, S. Z., Gronhoj, M. H., Mickley, H., Gerke, O., Steffensen, F. H., Lambrechtsen, J., Ronnow Sand, N. P., Rasmussen, L. M., Olsen, M. H., Diederichsen, A. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research