Table 1.

Distribution of ideal, intermediate and poor CVH for each metric for adults free of CVD, NHANES 2007–2014

Health metric	AHA definitions of CVH for each metric	Total sample (n = 14,561)
Smoking status
Ideal	Never or quit >12 mo ago	11,163
Intermediate	Former ≤12 mo	290
Poor	Current smoking	3108
Body mass index
Ideal	<25 kg/m2	4137
Intermediate	25–29 kg/m2	4964
Poor	≥30 kg/m2	5460
Physical activity
Ideal	≥150 min/wk moderate or ≥75 min/wk vigorous or ≥150 min/wk moderate + vigorous	5084
Intermediate	1–149 min/wk moderate or 1–74 min /wk vigorous or 1–149 min/wk moderate + vigorous	2257
Poor	None	7220
Healthy diet score*
Ideal	4–5 components	296
Intermediate	2–3 components	6812
Poor	0–1 components	7453
Total cholesterol
Ideal	<200 mg/dL†	7311
Intermediate	200–239 mg/dL or treated to goal	5299
Poor	≥240 mg/dL	1951
Blood pressure
Ideal	SBP <120 or DBP <80 mm Hg†	6138
Intermediate	SBP 120–139 or DBP 80–89 mm Hg or treated to goal	3183
Poor	SBP ≥140 or DBP ≥90 mm Hg	5240
Fasting plasma glucose
Ideal	<100 mg/dL†	9961
Intermediate	100–125 mg/dL or treated to goal	3256
Poor	≥126 mg/dL	1344

DBP = diastolic blood pressure; SBP = systolic blood pressure; SE = standard error.

^*AHA’s healthy diet score includes five components: fruits and vegetables, whole grain, fish, sodium, and sugar-sweeten beverage, and a very small proportion (<0.5%) of U.S. adults meet the ideal healthy diet. HEI-2010 is a continuous score consisting of 12 components representing major food groups including fruit and vegetables, whole grains, proteins, dairy, oils, sodium, and empty calories. HEI-2010 score ranges from 0 to 100 with a higher score indicates a more healthy diet. HEI-2010 has been validated to represent the diet quality in population. We used HEI-2010 as a proxy for AHA’s healthy diet score with ideal diet: HEI-2010 >81; intermediate diet: 51–80; and poor diet: ≤50.

^†Untreated values.