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A screenshot of the online risk score calculator on the MESA Website. Here we see the calculator being used for an older man with fairly favorable risk factor profile but 0 CAC. Under a risk score without CAC, 10-year estimated CHD risk is 9.3%, due in large part to his age. Once ...