Race-free MESA Risk Score with CAC
The race-free MESA Risk Score uses Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) and 7 interaction terms to estimate 10-year Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) risk (AUC 0.820).
Enter age, sex, blood pressure, CAC score, lipid levels, medications, and smoking status to calculate 10-year CHD risk.
1. Demographics & Vitals
Enter age, sex, and systolic blood pressure
Current age in years
Biological sex (Male=1, Female=0)
Resting systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
2. CAC & Lipid Panel
Enter CAC Agatston score and lipid levels
Agatston CAC score on non-contrast CT (0 - 5000)
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL or mmol/L)
Serum HDL cholesterol (mg/dL or mmol/L)
3. Medications & History
Assess lipid meds, diabetes, family history, HTN meds, and smoking
Currently taking statins or ezetimibe
Diagnosed diabetes mellitus
First-degree relative with premature CHD (<55 male, <65 female)
Currently taking antihypertensive medications
Currently smokes cigarettes