Life's Simple 7 and risk of incident stroke: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study.
Life's Simple 7 and risk of incident stroke: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.111.000352
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发表时间:
2013-07
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8.3
通讯作者:
Cushman M
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作者:
Kulshreshtha A;Vaccarino V;Judd SE;Howard VJ;McClellan WM;Muntner P;Hong Y;Safford MM;Goyal A;Cushman M
The American Heart Association developed Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) as a metric defining cardiovascular health. We investigated the association between LS7 and incident stroke in black and white Americans. REGARDS is a national population-based cohort of 30,239 blacks and whites, aged ≥45 years, sampled from the US population in 2003 – 2007. Data were collected by telephone, self-administered questionnaires and an in-home exam. Incident strokes were identified through bi-annual participant contact followed by adjudication of medical records. Levels of the LS7 components (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet) were each coded as poor (0 point), intermediate (1 point) or ideal (2 points) health. An overall LS7 score was categorized as inadequate (0–4), average (5–9) or optimum (10–14) cardiovascular health. Among 22,914 subjects with LS7 data and no previous cardiovascular disease, there were 432 incident strokes over 4.9 years of follow-up. After adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, and region of residence, each better health category of the LS7 score was associated with a 25% lower risk of stroke (HR=0.75, 95% CI = 0.63, 0.90). The association was similar for blacks and whites (interaction p-value = 0.55). A one point higher LS7 score was associated with an 8% lower risk of stroke (HR=0.92, 95% CI=0.88, 0.95). In both blacks and whites better cardiovascular health, based on the LS7 score, is associated with lower risk of stroke, and a small difference in scores was an important stroke determinant.