ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2014
Cross-sectional comparison of coronary artery calcium scores between Caucasian men in the United States and Japanese men in Japan: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and the Shiga epidemiological study of subclinical atherosclerosis.
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- Association of Coronary Artery Calcification with Estimated Coronary Heart Disease Risk from Prediction Models in a Community-Based Sample of Japanese Men: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA).Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2018Trial
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- AHA's Life's Essential-8 cardiovascular health metrics and progression of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
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- Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Coronary Artery Calcium in Assessment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk and its Role in Primary Prevention.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2023Review
- The Correlation between the Vascular Calcification Score of the Coronary Artery and the Abdominal Aorta in Patients with Psoriasis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship between Kidney Function and Subclinical Atherosclerosis Progression Evaluated by Coronary Artery Calcification.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2022Article
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- Distributions and burden of coronary calcium in asymptomatic Saudi patients referred to computed tomography.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2021Article
- Epidemiological Research Advances in Vascular Calcification in Diabetes.Journal of diabetes research · 2021Review
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- X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography: An Emerging Technology to Analyze Vascular Calcification in Animal Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Proteinuria and Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate are Independently Associated With Lower Cognitive Abilities in Apparently Healthy Community-Dwelling Elderly Men in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Blood Metabolite Signatures of Metabolic Syndrome in Two Cross-Cultural Older Adult Cohorts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Long-Term Prognostic Value of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in an Asymptomatic Elderly Population.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- The Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Arterial Remodeling: Focus on Calcification-Related Processes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Association of blood levels of marine omega-3 fatty acids with coronary calcification and calcium density in Japanese men.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
- Differences Between Coronary Artery Calcification and Aortic Artery Calcification in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Japanese Men.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2019Article
- Coronary Artery Calcium Progression Among the US and Japanese Men.Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging · 2019Article
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Abstract
The incidence of coronary heart disease in the United States has declined, and prevalences of several coronary disease risk factors have become comparable to those in Japan. Therefore, the burden of coronary atherosclerosis may be closer among younger persons in the 2 countries. We aimed to compare prevalences of coronary atherosclerosis, measured with coronary artery calcium scores, between men in the 2 countries by age group (45-54, 55-64, or 65-74 years). We used community-based samples of Caucasian men in the United States (2000-2002; n = 1,067) and Japanese men in Japan (2006-2008; n = 832) aged 45-74 years, stratifying them into groups with 0, 1, 2, or ≥3 of the following risk factors: current smoking, overweight, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. We calculated adjusted odds ratios of US Caucasian men's having Agatston scores of ≥10, ≥100, and ≥400 with reference to Japanese men. Overall, the odds of Caucasian men having each Agatston cutoff point were greater. The ethnic difference, however, became smaller in younger age groups. For example, adjusted odds ratios for Caucasian men's having an Agatston score of ≥100 were 2.05, 2.43, and 3.86 among those aged 45-54, 55-64, and 65-74 years, respectively. Caucasian men in the United States had a higher burden of coronary atherosclerosis than Japanese men, but the ethnic difference was smaller in younger age groups.
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