Associations between Life's Essential 8 and gallstones among US adults: A cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular illness and gallstones are closely related. Our goal was to determine whether gallstones and the updated LE8 score, which measures cardiovascular health among US adults, are related.

Methods

3,570 adults participated in the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which provided the data for our study. Based on the criterion provided by the American Association for Cardiovascular Health (AHA), LE8 score (range 0-100) was calculated and classified as low (0-49), moderate (50-79), and high (80-100) cardiovascular health. Gallstones were derived from the questionnaire. Multivariate logistic modeling explored the independent relationship between LE8 score and gallstones.

Results

There was a negative correlation between LE8 scor

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11524467 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature