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
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.