Prevalence of CAC>0 at baseline and Year 10 and relative prevalence of CAC>0 across exams among those aged 55–84 years without cardiovascular disease, 2000–02 through 2010–12, by ethnicity, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Risk factors included total and HDL cholesterol, lipid-lowering medication, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication, presence of diabetes, and smoking status (current, former, never). The p-value testing for differences in trends was p = 0.10 adjusting for age, gender and scanner, and p = 0.14 adjusting for age, gender, scanner, and risk factors. Tests for differences in trends in African Americans compared to the other three groups was p = 0.029 and p = 0.049 respectively.