Key result
Only 0.6% of Hong Kong adults attained ideal cardiovascular health, with age 65 years or younger being significantly associated with an optimal Life's Simple 7 score (OR 2.341).
Why the study?
The study aimed to investigate cardiovascular health and cardiovascular disease knowledge in terms of Life's Simple 7 score among three age groups in Hong Kong.
Cross-Sectional (n=996)
Yes
Odds Ratio: 2.341 (95% CI 1.779–3.08)
In a Hong Kong cohort, ideal cardiovascular health was extremely rare (0.6%), with younger age and tertiary education being significant predictors of better health metrics, though knowledge alone did not correlate with optimal health.
BACKGROUND: This study aimed at investigating the CV health and CV disease knowledge in terms of LS7 score among 3 age groups in Hong Kong. METHODS: A cross-sectional multicenter observational study was conducted to observe the CV health and disease risk knowledge in Hong Kong. Elderly subjects were recruited from 15 elderly centers, whereas young adults and the middle-aged were recruited from 6 on-campus health check sessions. Subjects' demographics, lifestyle behavior and risk knowledge were obtained through questionnaire while their body mass index, random capillary blood glucose, blood cholesterol and blood pressure were measured. LS7 score and risk knowledge score was calculated. RESULTS: The LS7 of younger adult, middle-aged and elderly were 10.6 ± 1.3, 9.3 ± 1.9 and 9.7 ± 1.7 respectively. Only 0.6% participants have attained ideal CV health and 35.9% have 5 to 7 ideal CV health metrics. Elderly performed worst in risk knowledge with a score of 8.1 ± 3.3 while young adult and middle-aged were similar (9.6 ± 1.8 and 9.7 ± 1.5). 71% of the participants correctly identified ≥9 components. Logistic regression revealed that subjects aged ≤65 years (OR 2.341, 95% CI 1.779 to 3.080) and with tertiary education (OR 2.031, 95% CI 1.527 to 2.701) were more likely to obtain optimum LS7. No association was found between having optimum LS7 and full knowledge. CONCLUSION: Only few adults in this study population had ideal CV health as defined by AHA. Knowledge has no association but young age and tertiary education has positive association with CV health.
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Lee et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular health and disease risk knowledge (n=996). Age ≤65 years vs. Age >65 years was evaluated on Optimum Life's Simple 7 (LS7) score (10-14) (OR 2.341, 95% CI 1.779-3.080). Only 0.6% of Hong Kong adults attained ideal cardiovascular health, with age 65 years or younger being significantly associated with an optimal Life's Simple 7 score (OR 2.341).
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