Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21785969›Full record

ArticleCurrent atherosclerosis reports2011

MESA: the NIH-sponsored study that validates atherosclerosis imaging for primary prevention.

Irfan Zeb, Matthew Jay Budoff

Abstract readComparative Study
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Coronary heart disease in young adults.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2012
    Review
  6. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irfan ZebLos Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W. Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA. irfanzeb82@yahoo.com
Matthew Jay Budoff
The Lundquist Institute · USUCLA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score correlates strongly with the burden of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. It is the strongest predictor of future coronary events in asymptomatic individuals, being stronger than all traditional risk factors combined. It is also a better predictor of future events than carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurement for the prediction of coronary artery disease but slightly weaker than CIMT for the prediction of cerebrovascular events such as stroke. These findings have been validated by the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a prospective epidemiologic study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigating the prevalence, correlates, and progression of atherosclerosis in an asymptomatic, ethnically diverse population. That is why the US national guidelines have recently elevated their recommendation levels to Class IIa for use of CAC and CIMT in risk stratification of the asymptomatic intermediate-risk population.

Indexed as

Primary PreventionAgedAged, 80 and overAnkle Brachial IndexAtherosclerosisCalcinosisCardiovascular DiseasesCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessCoronary Artery DiseaseDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Identifiers

PMID21785969
OpenAlexW2007179195

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.