Age- and Sex-Specific Nomographic CT Quantitative Plaque Data From a Large International Cohort
Authors' conclusion
The authors developed pragmatic age- and sex-stratified percentile nomograms for atherosclerotic plaque measures using findings from coronary CTA.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing clinically indicated coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA), large international multicentre cohortmean age 62.7 ± 12.2 years
- Participants
- 11,808 patients
- Exposure
- Male vs female participants
- Femalen = 5,423reference
- Outcome
- Total atherosclerotic plaque and plaque subtype volumes (age- and sex-specific nomograms)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, consecutive cohort, AI-enabled quantitative plaque analysis
- Multicentre
- Consecutive cohort
- AI-enabled quantitative plaque analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Total plaque volume
P < 0.0001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Age- and Sex-Specific Nomographic CT Quantitative Plaque Data From a Large International Cohort. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 5 July 2023. doi:10.
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