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Women harbour more severe mitral annular calcification (MAC), while men exhibit worse aortic valve (AVC) and coronary artery (CAC) calcification. To better understand these differences, we investigated the correlates of cardiac calcification according to sex.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional study of 406 patients with \u2265mild aortic stenosis (AS) defined by an aortic valve area \u22641.5 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, a peak aortic jet velocity &gt;2.0 m\/s, or a mean transvalvular gradient &gt;15 mm Hg. Doppler-echocardiography and non-contrast multidetector CT were performed concomitantly to assess AS and cardiac calcifications.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Mean age was 71\u00b111 years and 33% were women. The AS haemodynamics were not significantly different between sexes (all p&gt;0.50), with a mean indexed aortic valve area of 0.59\u00b10.21 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, peak aortic jet velocity of 2.78 (2.37\u20133.68) m\/s, and mean gradient of 17.9 (12.8\u201331.3) mm Hg for the whole cohort. Compared with men, women harboured lower AVC (480 (222\u20131191) vs 1003 (484\u20132329) Agatston unit, AU; p&lt;0.0001) and CAC (366 (50\u2013914) vs 618 (167\u20131357) AU; p=0.007), but more severe MAC (60 (1\u2013887) vs 48 (0\u2013351) AU; p=0.08) and ascending aorta calcification (227 (43\u2013863) vs 142 (7\u2013493) AU; p=0.03). After comprehensive adjustment, sex remained an independent predictor of each cardiac calcification subtype (all p&lt;0.02) except for the ascending aorta (p=0.32). In multivariable analysis, certain variables, like age or bicuspid aortic valve, were associated with the calcification scores in both sexes. Sex-specific predictors of calcification burden were absence of angiotensin receptor blockers (\u03b2=\u22120.26; p=0.007) and renal impairment (\u03b2=0.26; p=0.003) for AVC, and bisphosphonates (\u03b2=0.20; p=0.05) for CAC in women; coronary artery disease (\u03b2=0.25; p=0.001) for AVC, and angiotensin receptor blockers (\u03b2=0.19; p=0.02) and calcium\/vitamin D (\u03b2=0.15; p=0.02) for MAC in men.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In AS, factors associated with cardiac valvular and arterial calcification differ between sexes, suggesting an important contributory role of sex in the pathophysiology of these calcifying processes.<\/jats:p>\n               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