Life's Simple 7 and Peripheral Artery Disease Risk: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 includes seven metrics of ideal cardiovascular health to target for cardiovascular disease prevention. This study determined the relationship between Life's Simple 7 and incident peripheral artery disease in a biracial cohort of middle- and older-aged adults.

Methods

This analysis included 12,865 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study recruited between 1987 and 1989 (mean age=54years, 55% women, 25% black) and free of peripheral artery disease or other cardiovascular disease at baseline. Overall, Life's Simple 7 score was calculated as the sum of the Life's Simple 7 component scores (two points if ideal, one point if intermediate, and zero if poor) and classified as inadequate (zero to fou

SUBMITTER: Garg PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature