Raffield LM, et al. - Given that coronary artery calcified plaque (CAC) is strongly predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and mortality, both in general populations and individuals with type 2 diabetes at high risk for CVD, researchers investigated the role of coronary artery calcified plaque (CAC) density in CVD risk prediction, independently and with CAC volume in individuals with type 2 diabetes from the family-based Diabetes Heart Study and the African American-Diabetes Heart Study. Findings suggest that in European Americans and African Americans with type 2 diabetes, CAC density is not correlated with mortality independent from CAC volume.