Does the Life's Crucial 9 score improve the predictive value for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared to Life's Essential 8?
Adding a depression score to the current cardiovascular health score (Life's Essential 8) does not meaningfully improve the prediction of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
Compared with the LE8, the improvement in the predictive value of LC9 was negligible. It may not be necessary to add a depression score to the current cardiovascular health score.
Ge et al. (Tue,) studied this question.