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Life's essential 8: updating and enhancing the American Heart Association's construct of cardiovascular health: a presidential advisory from the American Heart Association

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In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inclusive of positive health promotion and preservation across the life course in populations and individuals. Extensive subsequent evidence has provided insights into strengths and limitations of the original approach to defining and quantifying cardiovascular health. In response, the American Heart Association convened a writing group to recommend enhancements and updates. The definition and quantification of each of the original metrics (Life’s Simple 7) were evaluated for responsiveness to interindividual variation and intraindividual change. New metrics were considered, and the age spectrum was expanded to include the entire life course. The foundational contexts of social determinants of health and psychological health were addressed as crucial factors in optimizing and preserving cardiovascular health. This presidential advisory introduces an enhanced approach to assessing cardiovascular health: Life’s Essential 8. The components of Life’s Essential 8 include diet (updated), physical activity, nicotine exposure (updated), sleep health (new), body mass index, blood lipids (updated), blood glucose (updated), and blood pressure. Each metric has a new scoring algorithm ranging from 0 to 100 points, allowing generation of a new composite cardiovascular health score (the unweighted average of all components) that also varies from 0 to 100 points. Methods for implementing cardiovascular health assessment and longitudinal monitoring are discussed, as are potential data sources and tools to promote widespread adoption in policy, public health, clinical, institutional, and community settings.

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Authors
Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Allen, N. B., Anderson, C. A. M., Black, T., Brewer, L. C., Foraker, R. E., Grandner, M. A., Lavretsky, H., Perak, A. M., Sharma, G., Rosamond, W., & on behalf of the American Heart Association
Venue
Circulation
Published
2022-08-02
Volume
146
Issue
5
Pages
e18-e43
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W4283695295
Cited by
2,785
References
226
Citations by year
2026: 650 · 2025: 916 · 2024: 731 · 2023: 432 · 2022: 54
FWCI
108.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K23HL145101)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK092950)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R21MD013490, L60 MD012087)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
Keywords
cardiovascular health, Life's Essential 8, Life's Simple 7, cardiovascular health score, cardiovascular health assessment, diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, body mass index, serum lipids, blood glucose, blood pressure, social determinants of health, mental health, life course, interindividual variability, long-term monitoring
MeSH terms
American Heart Association, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart, Humans, Risk Factors, United States, Exercise

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