Does a higher number of ideal cardiovascular health metrics reduce cumulative CVD incidence in adults?
Adherence to ideal cardiovascular health metrics is inversely associated with 4-year cardiovascular events, highlighting the importance of population-wide lifestyle improvements.
Few adults had ideal cardiovascular health according to the modified American Heart Association definition. We detected a strong inverse relationship between the cumulative CVD incidence and the number of ideal health metrics at baseline. Population-wide prevention, especially lifestyle improvement, is critical to increase the low-risk prevalence and thereafter decrease CVD events. Clinical Trial Registration- URL: http://www.chictr.org/cn/proj/show.aspx?proj=1441. Unique identifier: ChiCTR-TNC-11001489.
Wu et al. (Sun,) studied this question.