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Assessment of the American Heart Association's "Life's simple 7" score in French-speaking adults from Québec.
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Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD [Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis] 2019 Jul; Vol. 29 (7), pp. 684-691. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 16. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background and Aims: The "Life's Simple 7" (LS7) metrics were developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) to assess and promote cardiovascular health in the American population. The purpose of this study was to assess the overall cardiovascular health of French-speaking adults from the Province of Quebec using the LS7 score.<br />Methods and Results: A total of 777 age and sex-representative participants of five different administrative regions in the Province of Quebec (387 men and 390 women; mean age ± SEM: 41.9 ± 0.1 years) were included in these analyses. Metrics of the LS7 score (smoking, physical activity, diet, body mass index, blood pressure, fasting total cholesterol and blood glucose) were analysed to generate a final score ranging from 0 to 7. Only 0.5% of participants met all criteria for ideal cardiovascular health. The diet metric showed the lowest prevalence of "ideal" scores (4.8%) whereas not smoking was the metric with the highest prevalence (88.1%). Women had a higher LS7 score than men, while age and education level (negative and positive association, respectively; p < 0.0001) were also associated with the LS7 score.<br />Conclusion: Consistent with studies conducted among other populations, very few French-speaking adults from the Province of Quebec achieve an ideal cardiovascular health. These data indicate that further public health efforts aimed at promoting the LS7 metrics, focusing primarily on diet, are urgently needed. Specific groups, including older adults and those with lower levels of education, should be targeted when developing cardiovascular health promotion interventions.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biomarkers blood
Blood Glucose analysis
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology
Cholesterol blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Protective Factors
Quebec epidemiology
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Smoking Cessation
United States
Young Adult
American Heart Association
Cardiovascular Diseases prevention & control
Health Status
Health Status Indicators
Healthy Lifestyle
Language
Primary Prevention
Risk Reduction Behavior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1590-3729
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31078363
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2019.03.006