Abstract
We investigated the significance of coronary calcification detected by helical CT for prevention of ischemic heart disease. We enrolled 2, 879 asymptomatic male workers who had a general health check-up at JR East Health Promotion Center between April 1st, 2004, and March 3lth, 2005. Coronary calcification was detected in 297 cases (10.32%).
We divided them into two groups : 297 coronary calcification positive and 2, 582 negative to study the correlation between coronary calcification and coronary risk factors.
Means between the two groups achieved statistical significance for the evaluation of age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, HbAlc, total cholesterol, and triglyceride. (P<0.05)
The positive rate of coronary calcification in ex-smokers and current smokers was significantly higher than that in non-smokers. (P<0.05)
