Trends in cardiovascular health metrics and associations with all-cause and CVD mortality among US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Recent recommendations from the American Heart Association aim to improve cardiovascular health by encouraging the general population to meet 7 cardiovascular health metrics: not smoking; being physically active; having normal blood pressure, blood glucose and total cholesterol levels, and weight; and eating a healthy diet.

Objective

To examine time trends in cardiovascular health metrics and to estimate joint associations and population-attributable fractions of these metrics in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk.

Design, setting, and participants

Study of a nationally representative sample of 44,959 US adults (≥20 years), using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994, 1999-2004, and

SUBMITTER: Yang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9004324 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature