Ethnic Differences in Coronary Calcification
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- 15 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 111 (10), 1313-1320
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000157730.94423.4b
Abstract
Background— There is substantial evidence that coronary calcification, a marker for the presence and quantity of coronary atherosclerosis, is higher in US whites than blacks; however, there have been no large population-based studies comparing coronary calcification among US ethnic groups.Keywords
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