Abstract
BackgroundThis study was conducted to examine the association between ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) and health-related quality of life and health status indicators.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included adult NHANES participants from 2001 to 2010 without CVD (N = 7115). CVH was defined according to AHA definitions with poor, intermediate and ideal levels of the seven factors (diet, BMI, physical activity, smoking, blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol) assigned scores of 0, 1, and 2, respectively. A CVH score (CVHS) was calculated as the sum of the scores from each individual health factor (range 0–14; higher score indicating greater CVH). CVHS was categorized as poor (0–7), intermediate (8–10), and ideal (11–14). Linear regression models examined the association between CVHS category with health status and number of unhealthy days per month, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics and disability.ResultsAmong US adults 20–79 years, 14, 46 and 40 % had ideal, intermediate and poor CVHS, respectively. Compared to those with poor CVH, individuals in intermediate and ideal CVH were 44 and 71 % less likely to report being in fair/poor health. Participants with ideal CVH scores reported a mean of 2.4 fewer unhealthy days over the past month, including one less day in which their physical health was not good and two fewer days in which their mental health was not good.ConclusionsIdeal CVH is associated with greater overall health status and fewer physically and mentally unhealthy days.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0352-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
This study was conducted to examine the association between ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) and health-related quality of life and health status indicators
The goal of this study was to examine the association between cardiovascular health and selfreported health status and HRQoL measures using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2001 through 2010
The number of unhealthy days was lower with greater CVH score (CVHS) (Table 2)
Summary
This study was conducted to examine the association between ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) and health-related quality of life and health status indicators. To quantify and reduce the overall burden of cardiovascular risk factors the American Heart Association (AHA) recently defined cardiovascular health [5] with seven health factors and behaviors including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, diet, and physical activity. Ideal levels of these cardiovascular health metrics are associated with reduced cardiovascular and cancer morbidity and mortality, lower healthcare costs, improved cognitive function and greater longevity [6,7,8,9,10,11]. Data are sparse on the association of CV health (CVH) as a measure of overall
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