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Low Prevalence of “Ideal Cardiovascular Health” in a Community-Based Population: The Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation (Heart SCORE) Study

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Bambs, Claudia, Kip, Kevin E., Dinga, Andrea, Mulukutla, Suresh R., Aiyer, Aryan N., Reis, Steven E.·2011·Circulation

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Background—: Cardiovascular health is a new construct defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as part of its 2020 Impact Goal definition. The applicability of this construct to community-based populations and the distributions of its components by race and sex have not been reported. Methods and Results—: The AHA construct of cardiovascular health and the AHA ideal health behaviors index and ideal health factors index were evaluated among 1933 participants (mean age 59 years; 44% blacks; 66% women) in the community-based Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation (Heart SCORE) study. One of 1933 participants (0.1%) met all 7 components of the AHA's definition of ideal cardiovascular health. Less than 10% of participants met ≥5 components of ideal cardiovascular health in all subgroups (by race, sex, age, and income level). Thirty-nine subjects (2.0%) had all 4 components of the ideal health behaviors index and 27 (1.4%) had all 3 components of the ideal health factors index. Blacks had significantly fewer ideal cardiovascular health components than whites (2.0±1.2 versus 2.6±1.4; P <0.001). After adjustment by sex, age, and income level, blacks had 82% lower odds of having ≥5 components of ideal cardiovascular health (odds ratio 0.18, 95% confidence interval, 0.10 to 0.34; P <0.001). No interaction was found between race and sex. Conclusion—: The prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health is extremely low in a middle-aged community-based study population. Comprehensive individual and population-based interventions must be developed to support the attainment of the AHA′s 2020 Impact Goal for cardiovascular health.

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Bambs, C., Kip, K. E., Dinga, A., Mulukutla, S. R., Aiyer, A. N., & Reis, S. E.
Affiliations
  • From the School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (C.B.); College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (K.E.K.); and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (A.D., S.R.M., A.N.A., S.E.R.).
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
Venue
Circulation
Published
2011-03
Volume
123
Issue
8
Pages
850-857
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2563662165
Cited by
235
References
26
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FWCI
17.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • Pennsylvania Department of Health (ME-02-384)
  • National Institutes of Health (ME-02-384)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL089292)
  • Bioenergy Technologies Office
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
ideal cardiovascular health, cardiovascular health, racial disparities, sex differences, middle-aged adults, community-based population, cardiovascular risk
MeSH terms
American Heart Association, Black or African American, Coronary Disease, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, United States, Prevalence, Black People, White People

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