Table 1.
Baseline characteristics according to the categories of LE8
| Life’s Essential 8 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Moderate | High | |
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| Age, years | 56.2 (7.4) | 56.6 (7.8) | 53.7 (8.1) |
| Female, Y | 3,924 (41.9) | 52,758 (51.5) | 19,418 (74.5) |
| White, Y | 8,499 (91.3) | 93,428 (91.6) | 23,623 (90.8) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 32.5 (5.6) | 27.1 (4.2) | 23.3 (2.5) |
| Townsend deprivation index | −1.6 [4.6] | −2.4 [3.6] | −2.4 [3.6] |
| College/University degree, Y | 2,665 (28.5) | 42,040 (41.1) | 14,293 (54.8) |
| Non-HDL, mg/dL | 183.6 (44.7) | 168.7 (39.6) | 140.5 (30.9) |
| Glucose, mg/dL | 99.5 (33.3) | 91.4 (17.0) | 87.7 (11.9) |
| HbA1c, % | 5.8 (3.0) | 5.4 (2.6) | 5.2 (2.5) |
| Dash diet score | 20.8 (4.0) | 24.7 (4.5) | 28.7 (3.9) |
| Sleep duration, h/day | 6.8 (1.4) | 7.2 (1.0) | 7.3 (0.8) |
| Moderate physical activity, min/week | 0.0 [30.0] | 90.0 [220.0] | 175.0 [280.0] |
| Vigorous physical activity, min/week | 0.0 [0.0] | 20.0 [100.0] | 60.0 [130.0] |
| Sedentary behavior time, h/day | 5.6 (2.6) | 4.4 (2.3) | 3.5 (2.1) |
| SBP, mmHg | 145.9 (16.9) | 138.9 (17.7) | 124.7 (15.6) |
| DBP, mmHg | 88.3 (10.0) | 82.9 (9.6) | 75.2 (8.3) |
| Alcohol intake | |||
| Daily or almost daily | 2,2255 (24.1) | 24,713 (24.2) | 4,972 (19.1) |
| Three or four times a week | 1,794 (19.2) | 25,637 (25.1) | 7,258 (27.8) |
| Once or twice a week | 2,077 (22.2) | 25,164 (24.6) | 6,980 (26.8) |
| One to three times a month | 1,179 (12.6) | 11,041 (10.8) | 2,928 (11.2) |
| Special occasions only | 1,304 (13.9) | 9,710 (9.5) | 2,362 (9.1) |
| Never | 744 (8.0) | 6,065 (5.9) | 1,566 (6.0) |
| Household income | |||
| Less than £18,000 | 1,893 (22.8) | 14,181 (15.4) | 2,599 (11.0) |
| £18,000 to £30,999 | 2,071 (24.9) | 22,913 (24.9) | 5,000 (21.1) |
| £31,000 to £51,999 | 2,307 (27.7) | 26,539 (28.9) | 6,879 (29.0) |
| £52,000 to £100,000 | 1,646 (19.8) | 22,104 (24.0) | 6,783 (28.6) |
| Greater than £100,000 | 401 (4.8) | 6,220 (6.8) | 2,472 (10.4) |
| Medication use | |||
| Cholesterol-lowering | 2,504 (26.9) | 14,266 (14.0) | 1,312 (5.1) |
| Antihypertensive | 3,452 (37.0) | 18,199 (17.9) | 1,023 (3.9) |
| Insulin treatment | 247 (2.7) | 728 (0.7) | 36 (0.1) |
Data are mean (SD), median [IQR], or N (%).
IQR: interquartile range; BMI: body mass index; Non-HDL: non-high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, sysolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.