Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While CAC is typically associated with traditional risk factors such as age, hypertension, and smoking, paradoxically elevated CAC scores have been observed in male endurance athletes despite their otherwise healthy profiles. Traditional Risk Factors Age was one of the strongest predictors.

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Risk Factors Genetic predisposition Plaque Exercise 105

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Traditional risk factors are rare in patients with SCAD, except for hypertension. Patients diagnosed with SCAD have different combinations of risk factors compared with patients who have atherosclerotic changes in their coronary arteries.

SCAD 88

SCAD Genetic predisposition Risk Factors Chest Pain 88

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Although mediation analysis demonstrated that the association between PGSMDand CVDs in females was partly mediated by baseline body mass index, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and smoking, these risk factors did not explain the higher risk compared with males.

Cardiovascular Disease 40

Cardiovascular Disease Genetic predisposition Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors 40