Does meeting a greater number of cardiovascular health metrics reduce all-cause and CVD mortality in US adults?
Meeting more cardiovascular health metrics is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, highlighting the importance of ideal cardiovascular health despite its low prevalence.
Meeting a greater number of cardiovascular health metrics was associated with a lower risk of total and CVD mortality, but the prevalence of meeting all 7 cardiovascular health metrics was low in the study population.
Yang et al. (2012) studied this question.
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