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Cardiovascular health among Korean adults remained in the moderate range from 2007 to 2023 based on the Life's Essential 8 framework, experiencing a temporary decline through 2018 followed by a full recovery, with notable disparities by age and sex. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

March 3, 2026American Journal of Preventive CardiologyOpen Access

Trends in cardiovascular health based on Life’s Essential 8 among Korean adults, 2007–2023

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Why the study?

The American Heart Association introduced Life's Essential 8 (LE8) in 2022 as an updated framework for assessing cardiovascular health, prompting an evaluation of trends in the Korean adult population.

Population

76,255 Korean adults aged ≥20 years

Comparison

Cardiovascular health trends across survey periods from 2007 to 2023

Design

Serial cross-sectional study

Authors

DSDasom SonYonsei University YSYeeun SeoGeneral / Preventive / Lipids KHKYOUNG HWA HA

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Implication

Age- and sex-tailored CVH prevention is warranted in Korea; extends trend data and leaves optimal interventions open.

Key Points

Cardiovascular health scores averaged moderate but declined initially, recovering by 2022.
Mean cardiovascular health score dropped from 68.5 to 65.9 between 2007-2018 before returning to 68.5 in 2022.
Cross-sectional analysis utilized data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on adults 20 and older.
Variations in metrics by sex and age highlight the importance of personalized health strategies.

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Population

76,255 Korean adults aged ≥20 years (representing 35,494,751 adults) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES; waves 4-9)

Outcome

Overall cardiovascular health (CVH) score based on the Life's Essential 8 (LE8) framework (range 0-100)

Cardiovascular health among Korean adults remained in the moderate range from 2007 to 2023, with a temporary decline through 2018 followed by a recovery, highlighting the need for age- and sex-tailored prevention strategies.

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Son et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75f1cc6e9836116a2a43c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2026.101448

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Trends in cardiovascular health based on Life’s Essential 8 among Korean adults, 2007–2023

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Key Points

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Trends in cardiovascular health based on Life’s Essential 8 among Korean adults, 2007–2023

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Key Points

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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