Temporal trends of cardiovascular health factors among 366 270 French adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to investigate time trends in cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics in the population at large, as well as in important subgroups.

Methods and results

In this study, we used a community-based sample of 366 270 adults from France who had a standardized examination to assess cardiovascular risk factors between 1992 and 2011 (20 years). Cardiovascular health metrics categorized into ideal, intermediate, and poor categories were computed using smoking, physical activity, body mass index, total cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure. Matching on age, sex, and depression across 5-year periods (1992-96, 1997-2001, 2002-06, and 2007-11) was performed in order to correct for the sociodemographic differences between the examinations at different periods of times. M

SUBMITTER: Gaye B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7132943 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature