Psychological Factors and Their Association with Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Women and Men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cardiovascular effects of stress and other psychological factors may be different between women and men. We assessed whether self-perceived adverse psychological factors were associated with achievement of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) as measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Simple Seven (LS7) and whether this differed by sex.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of employees from a large healthcare organization. The LS7 metrics (smoking, physical activity, diet, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose) were each scored as ideal (2), intermediate (1), or poor (0). Total scores were categorized as optimal (11-14), average (9-10), and inadequate (0-8). Using logistic regression, we tested whether psychological factors obt

SUBMITTER: Mathews L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5962331 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature