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Joseph Rosenberg · Oct 5, 2026

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Silent Artery Plaque Detected in One in Thirteen Adults Under 30 Researchers in Denmark and Spain have identified silent atherosclerosis in a notable share of young adults who show no symptoms and have no diagnosed heart disease. The REACT study examined more than 16,800 people between the ages of 18 and 70 using three dimensional ultrasound of the neck and leg arteries plus computed tomography scans of the coronary arteries. Overall, plaque was present in 57.1 percent of participants. Among those aged 18 to 29, roughly one in thirteen already had detectable plaque in at least one artery. The proportion rose steadily with age and reached about nine in ten among people aged 60 to 70. Men tended to develop plaque several years earlier than women, while women showed a sharper increase in midlife. Most individuals who had coronary plaque also had deposits in the peripheral arteries. Conventional risk calculators based on age, blood pressure, and cholesterol identified only a small fraction of those who al

*Silent Artery Plaque Detected in One in Thirteen Adults Under 30* Researchers in Denmark and Spain have identified silent atherosclerosis in a notable share of young adults who show no symptoms and have no diagnosed heart disease. The REACT study examined more than 16,800 people between the ages of 18 and 70 using three dimensional ultrasound of the neck and leg arteries plus computed tomography scans of the coronary arteries. Overall, plaque was present in 57.1 percent of participants. Among those aged 18 to 29, roughly one in thirteen already had detectable plaque in at least one artery. The proportion rose steadily with age and reached about nine in ten among people aged 60 to 70. Men tended to develop plaque several years earlier than women, while women showed a sharper increase in midlife. Most individuals who had coronary plaque also had deposits in the peripheral arteries. Conventional risk calculators based on age, blood pressure, and cholesterol identified only a small fraction of those who al

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