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An analysis of 2 population-based cohorts suggests coronary artery calcium scores added to traditional risk-based models showed better discrimination than polygenic risk scores for CHD risk prediction.

Authors say findings show the need to test the accuracy of oximeters across diverse populations.

Data show CV risk discrimination improved when adding a coronary artery calcium score to a CHD prediction model based on traditional risk factors; however, there were no changes when adding a polygenic risk score.The analysis of two large cohorts of middle-age and older adults with long-term follow-up — all with available genetic data and coronary CT scans — addresses a key knowledge

The combination of the two scores also had no additive predictive power compared with the coronary artery calcium score alone, the researchers found.

Data from a secondary analysis showed a smaller decrease in oxygen saturation in Black patients compared with White patients with OSA.

This study involving 2 large, community-based, longitudinal, cohort studies whether adding 2 markers—coronary artery calcium score and polygenic risk score—to t

CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person’s risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Conventional measures of risk factor levels include blood pressure and cholesterol. Scientists had hoped genetics could better predict risk than conventional measure, but only when considering CT scan, half the study participants moved into the high-risk group.

Sleep apnea tests may underestimate severity in Black patients, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference.  

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The prevalence of three pathophysiological traits used to identify patients with sleep apnea differs according to BMI, sex, age and race/ethnicity, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.“The present community-based study shows that endotypic traits for sleep apnea vary with age, sex, race/ethnicity, and obesity and provides the largest collection of