Increase in Coronary Calcium score

Hi all, I had a coronary calcium test done 4 years ago (May 2015) and the score was 26. I just recently had another test done 4 years later, and the score has increased to 60. I'm 54 years old and take 10mg of Atvortistatin daily. This is really troubling me as I've been on the statin and my weigh has not increased very much in 4 years (from about 195 lbs to 205lbs. these days, I'm 5'11''). Do I have reason to be concerned? Does the score ever decrease if you stay on a statin and change diet? Any thoughts advice at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mike

An increase in score is "normal", meaning that's what most people experience. On the other hand, it means plaque is building up in arteries.

The current thinking is that the likely culprit is inflammation. Any number of factors can cause inflammation from dental disease to stress to diet to obesity and on and on. A big source of inflammation is glucose, which is why a low carb diet is often recommended. You also want HDL high, triglycerides low, and sdLDL low. LDL is likely not the direct cause of plaque.