Innovative Journal of Medical Imaging
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Background: Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS) is a non-invasive imaging marker of coronary atherosclerosis and an important predictor of future cardiovascular events. This study evaluated the correlation between CACS and traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional observational study was conducted from January to March 2026 involving 48 patients aged ≥40 years who underwent coronary calcium scoring by non-contrast multidetector computed tomography. Demographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, smoking, obesity, and family history of coronary artery disease, were recorded. Coronary calcification was quantified using the Agatston scoring method.
Results: The study included 31 (64.6%) males and 17 (35.4%) females, with a mean age of 58.3 ± 9.6 years. Hypertension (60.4%), dyslipidemia (52.1%), and diabetes mellitus (43.8%) were the most common risk factors. Coronary calcium scores were 0 in 25.0% of patients, 1–99 in 31.3%, 100–399 in 27.1%, and ≥400 in 16.6%. Higher CACS was significantly associated with increasing age, male gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, smoking, and obesity. Patients with multiple risk factors demonstrated greater coronary calcification.
Conclusion: CACS showed a significant positive correlation with established cardiovascular risk factors and may serve as a valuable tool for cardiovascular risk stratification and early detection of subclinical coronary artery disease.
Keywords: Coronary Artery Calcium Score, cardiovascular risk factors, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, computed tomography.
| DOI: | 10.62502/ijmi/v3i2art2 |
| Journal: | Innovative Journal of Medical Imaging |
| Abbreviation: | Innov. J. Med. Imaging |
| ISSN (Online): | 3048-5568 |
| Volume/Issue: | 3(2) |
| Pages: | 8-14 |