Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Indices of Coronary Artery Calcification in Men.

Authors

Barry A Franklin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2018

Abstract

Although high cardiorespiratory fitness (fitness) is associated with a lower risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies have examined the relationship between fitness and coronary artery calcium (CAC). Because the Agatston and volume scores for CAC are positively associated with an increased risk of CVD, whereas the CAC density score, representing stabilized plaques, is negatively associated with CVD risk,1 further clarification of the relationship between fitness and CAC appears warranted.2 We investigated whether high fitness is associated with lower Agatston and volume CAC scores but greater CAC density scores.

Volume

93

Issue

5

First Page

665

Comments

European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017, Barcelona, Spain August 26-30, 2017.

Last Page

666

Recommended Citation

Jae SY, Laukkanen JA, Choi YH, Franklin BA. Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Indices of Coronary Artery Calcification in Men. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 May;93(5):665-666. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.01.012. PubMed PMID: 29728205.

ISSN

1942-5546

PubMed ID

29728205