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Age–gender distribution of coronary artery calcium score in a black African population in Ghana

George Asafu Adjaye Frimpong1 Department of Radiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;2 Spectra Health Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Kumasi, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]

Isaac Kofi Owusu3 Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Ijeoma Chinedum Anyitey-Kokor4 Department of Radiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Caitlin Selassie Naa Sarku Wiafe-Kwakye2 Spectra Health Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Kumasi, Ghana

Evans Aboagye2 Spectra Health Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Kumasi, Ghana;5 Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Nana Esi Coleman2 Spectra Health Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Kumasi, Ghana

Pierre Amankwah4 Department of Radiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Nakao Kuukua Abaidoo6 Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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Pages 75-80 | Published online: 04 May 2018

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