1 in 13 adults under 30 already had hidden artery plaque
Researchers found traditional risk scores missed many cases, and about 1 in 13 adults ages 18 to 29 already had plaque.
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1 in 13 adults under 30 already had hidden artery plaque
More than half of 16,000 apparently healthy adults had signs of atherosclerosis, with arterial plaques already detectable in about 1 in 13 people ages 18 to 29. Researchers say directly imaging the arteries could reveal hidden cardiovascular disease years or even decades before symptoms appear.
Artery plaque already shows up in 1 in 13 adults under 30, before any symptom
Scans of 16,808 symptom-free adults in Denmark and Spain found artery plaque in 57% of them, including 1 in 13 people under 30. The standard heart-risk calculator flagged fewer than 2 in 100 of those who had it.
In a study of more than 16,000 people in Denmark and Spain, a vascular plaque was detected in 57.1 percent of participants with no signs of cardiovascular disease. In the 18-29 age group, traces of the disease were found in about one in 13 people.
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