Lifestyle improvement and the reduced risk of cardiovascular disease: the China-PAR project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of healthy lifestyles are well recognized. However, the extent to which improving unhealthy lifestyles reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk needs to be discussed. We evaluated the impact of lifestyle improvement on CVD incidence using data from the China-PAR project (Prediction for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in China).

Methods

A total of 12,588 participants free of CVD were followed up for three visits after the baseline examination. Changes in four lifestyle factors (LFs) (smoking, diet, physical activity, and alcohol consumption) were assessed through questionnaires from the baseline to the first follow-up visit. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals

SUBMITTER: Jiang YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature