Associations of psychosocial factors and cardiovascular health measured by Life's Essential 8: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Few studies investigate whether psychosocial factors (social isolation, social support, trait anger, and depressive symptoms) are associated with cardiovascular health, and none with the American Heart Association's new definition of cardiovascular health, Life's Essential 8 (LE8). Therefore, we assessed the cross-sectional associations of psychosocial factors with Life's Essential 8 and individual components of Life's Essential 8.

Methods

We included 11,311 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort participants (58% females; 23% Black; mean age 57 (standard deviation: 6) years) who attended Visit 2 (1990-1992) in this secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data from the ARIC cohort study. Life's Essential 8 components included diet, physical activity, nicotine

SUBMITTER: Peter-Marske KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290690 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature