Rationale and design of the coronary artery calcium consortium: A multicenter cohort study |
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Authors: | Michael J. Blaha Seamus P. Whelton Mahmoud Al Rifai Zeina A. Dardari Leslee J. Shaw Mouaz H. Al-Mallah Kuni Matsushita John A. Rumberger Daniel S. Berman Matthew J. Budoff Michael D. Miedema Khurram Nasir |
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Affiliation: | 1. Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, MD, United States;2. Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States;3. King Abdul-Aziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;4. Department of Epidemiology, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States;5. Princeton Longevity Center, Princeton, NJ, United States;6. Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States;g. Department of Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States;h. Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, United States;i. Center for Prevention and Wellness, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, United States |
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Abstract: | BackgroundAlthough coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been investigated for over two decades, there is very limited data on the association of CAC with cause of death. The CAC Consortium is a large ongoing multi-center observational cohort of individuals who underwent non-contrast cardiac-gated CAC testing and systematic, prospective, long-term follow-up for mortality with ascertainment of cause of death.MethodsFour participating institutions from three states within the US (California, Minnesota, and Ohio) have contributed individual-level patient data to the CAC Consortium (spanning years 1991–2010). All CAC scans were clinically indicated and physician-referred in patients without a known history of coronary heart disease. Using strict inclusion and exclusion criteria to minimize missing data and to eliminate non-dedicated CAC scans (i.e. concomitant CT angiography), a sharply defined and well-characterized cohort of 66,636 patients was assembled. Mortality status was ascertained using the Social Security Administration Death Master File and a validated algorithm. In addition, death certificates were obtained from the National Death Index and categorized using ICD (International Classification of Diseases) codes into common causes of death.ResultsMean patient age was 54 ± 11 years and the majority were male (67%). Prevalence of CVD risk factors was similar across sites and 55% had a <5% estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. Approximately 45% had a Calcium score of 0 and 11% had an Agatston Score ≥400. Over a mean follow-up of 12 ± 4 years, there were 3158 deaths (4.15 per 1000 person-years). The majority of deaths were due to cancer (37%) and CVD (32%). Most CVD deaths were due to CHD (54%) followed by stroke (17%). In general, CAC score distributions were similar across sites, and there were similar cause of death patterns.ConclusionsThe CAC Consortium is large and highly generalizable data set that is uniquely positioned to expand the understanding of CAC as a predictor of mortality risk across the spectrum of disease states, allowing innovative modeling of the competing risks of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular death. |
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Keywords: | Coronary artery calcium |
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