Cardiovascular Health Score and Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Cardiovascular Lifetime Risk Pooling Project.

ABSTRACT: Background Long-term risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) according to levels of cardiovascular health (CVH) have not been characterized in a diverse, representative population. Methods and Results We pooled individual-level data from 30 447 participants (mean [SD] age, 55.0 [13.9] years; 60.6% women; 31.8% black) from 7 US cohort studies. We defined CVH based on levels of 7 American Heart Association health metrics, scored as ideal (2 points), intermediate (1 point), or poor (0 points). The total CVH score was used to quantify overall CVH as high (12-14 points), moderate (9-11 points), or low (0-8 points). We used a modified Kaplan-Meier analysis, accounting for the competing risk of death, to estimate the lifetime risk of CVD (composite of incident myocardial infarction, stroke, heart f

SUBMITTER: Bundy JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature