National Trends in American Heart Association Revised Life's Simple 7 Metrics Associated With Risk of Mortality Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The American Heart Association (AHA) introduced the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metrics to assess and promote cardiovascular health. However, several shortcomings of these metrics have been identified. Therefore, a revised set of LS7 metrics was developed.

Objectives

To evaluate national trends in the metrics addressed by the revised LS7 and the individual and combined associations of the revised LS7 metrics with all-cause and cause-specific mortality and to compare these measures with the AHA recommended LS7 metrics.

Design, setting, and participants

This national cross-sectional study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1988 to 2016. The revised LS7 metrics included a combination of the body mass index and waist to hip ratio

SUBMITTER: Han L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6804021 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature