Cardiovascular disease prevention by personalized health promotion considering educational attainment.

ABSTRACT: To examine whether educational attainment modifies the effectiveness of personalized lifestyle recommendations for improving cardiovascular risk factors. This post-hoc analysis used data from a population-based randomized controlled trial in Girona, Spain, including adults aged 35-74 years without cardiovascular disease at baseline. Participants (n = 759; 48.7% men) were randomized to an intervention group (n = 380), which received personalized recommendations on diet and physical activity, or a control group (n = 379), which received a standard report of baseline results. Changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and physical activity energy expenditure from baseline to 12 months were analyzed. Multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age included an in

SUBMITTER: Zomeno MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12913767 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature