No evidence of increased prevalence of premature coronary artery disease in New York City police officers as predicted by coronary artery calcium scoring.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in active New York City police officers as detected by coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring.


METHODS
We assessed 2064 New York City police officers who underwent electron beam computed tomography for quantification of CAC.


RESULTS
The mean age of study subjects was 42 +/- 6 years. A CAC score of 0 was present in 74% of men and 80% of women. A subset of 75 officers with known early exposure to World Trade Center dust were evaluated separately.


CONCLUSIONS
New York City police officers do not have an increased prevalence of CAD compared with the general population as assessed with CAC scoring. At 5 years, exposure to World Trade Center dust does not appear to increase the risk of premature CAD.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10003, USA. wanahita@yahoo.com
Nikolas
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Wanahita
Jia Lin
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See
Kenneth N
KN
Giedd
Patricia
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Friedmann
Nir N
NN
Somekh
Steven R
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Bergmann
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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