Abstract
A total of 1,461 asymptomatic high-risk adult subjects were studied with digital subtraction fluoroscopy and conventional cinefluoroscopy to detect coronary calcium. Ethnicity and risk factor data were recorded. No subject had a history or electrocardiographic evidence of prior myocardial infarction. The prevalence of coronary calcium by digital subtraction fluoroscopy was high (58%). Substantial ethnic differences in prevalence were noted: 36% of African American subjects, 60% of Caucasian subjects, and 60% of Asian American subjects had definite radiographic evidence of coronary calcium. The difference in prevalence between African American and other subjects was significant (p < 0.0001) by chi-square test for all 3 races. These differences persisted in the unsubtraded cinefluoroscopic images (p < 0.0001) and after controlling for age, gender, and other risk factors (p = 0.003). After 20 ± 11 months of follow-up, African Americans had more coronary artery disease events (13%) than Caucasians (6%) or Asian Americans (5%) (p = 0.04). Thus, African Americans have a significantly lower prevalence of coronary calcium than do Caucasians or Asian Americans. Based on the follow-up results, these differences in prevalence are not explained by differences in coronary artery disease risk.
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