Association between Cardiovascular Health Score and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) Baseline Assessment

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• 作者：Itamar S. Santos ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^{itamarss@usp.br} ; Alessandra C. Goulart ; MD ; PhD^a ; Alexandre C. Pereira ; MD ; PhD^c ; Paulo A. Lotufo ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; Isabela M. Benseñ ; or ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Subclinical atherosclerosis ; Cross-sectional ; Lifestyle ; Cardiovascular risk factors
• 刊名：Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：29
• 期：12
• 页码：1207-1216.e4
• 全文大小：999 K
• 卷排序：29

文摘

Life's Simple 7 is an AHA strategy to improve CVH in populations. The CVH score measures Life's Simple 7 metrics. A direct association was found between CIMT and CVH score. A 1-point increase in CVH score is associated with a mean 0.011-mm decrease in CIMT. However, 16% of individuals with optimal CVH scores had high CIMT values.