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Social Network and Coronary Artery Calcification in Asymptomatic Individuals

Willem J. Kop, PhD, Daniel S. Berman, MD, Heidi Gransar, MS, Nathan D. Wong, PhD, Romalisa Miranda-Peats, NP, Maria D. White, NP, Magnolia Shin, NP, Melissa Bruce, NP, David S. Krantz, PhD and Alan Rozanski, MD

From the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (W.J.K., D.S.K.); and the Department of Imaging and Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (D.S.B., H.G., N.D.W., R.M.-P., M.D.W., M.S., M.B., A.R.).



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  		Figure 1. Distribution of coronary artery calcification (CAC) scores in asymptomatic individuals with coronary artery disease risk factors. CAC scores display a characteristic positively skewed distribution. Logarithmic transformation results in a normal distribution of CAC data among participants with CAC (CAC scores ≥1).

 


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  		Figure 2. Risk of coronary artery calcification (CAC ≥1) among participants in social network groups based on family structure. Individuals living with "spouse and children" were used as the reference group. *p < .05, **p < .01; t = trend (0.05 < p < .10).

 




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