Table 2.

Characteristics of the selected participants According to Cardiovascular Health Status.

Characteristics	Inadequate	Average	Ideal
Age (%)
<=35	45.64	63.05	73.56
>35	54.36	36.95	26.44
Education lever (%)
Less than high school	16.84	14.70	8.15
High school	26.24	21.86	17.04
More than high school	56.91	63.43	74.80
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Mexican American	11.63	12.55	11.96
Non-Hispanic Black	19.94	14.02	9.15
Non-Hispanic White	53.16	54.97	57.55
Other Hispanic	6.27	7.77	9.20
Other Race	9.00	10.69	12.16
Poverty level index (%)
<=1.3	37.31	31.99	23.35
1.3-1.85	14.24	10.36	11.55
>1.85	48.45	57.65	65.09
Marital status (%)
Married	36.61	45.80	48.10
Divorced/Separated/Widowed	16.33	10.73	6.02
Never married	30.77	27.98	34.31
Living with partner	16.30	15.49	11.57
Life’s Simple 7 components
Physical activity score (%)
Poor	0	0	0
Intermediate	34.86	20.79	9.64
Ideal	65.14	79.21	90.36
Smoking score (%)
Poor	42.64	21.15	2.13
Intermediate	15.10	12.40	8.77
Ideal	42.26	66.45	89.10
Blood pressure score (%)
Poor	12.73	2.55	0.09
Intermediate	45.22	24.74	7.83
Ideal	42.05	72.71	92.08
Body mass index score (%)
Poor	76.62	47.36	6.87
Intermediate	15.10	27.66	24.51
Ideal	8.27	24.97	68.62
Glucose score (%)
Poor	13.44	1.08	0.00
Intermediate	30.42	11.93	2.21
Ideal	56.13	87.00	97.79
Cholesterol score (%)
Poor	14.95	5.98	0.80
Intermediate	42.31	22.14	9.49
Ideal	42.75	71.88	89.72
Dietary intake score (%)
Poor	76.10	59.86	29.72
Intermediate	22.82	39.63	63.21
Ideal	1.09	0.51	7.07
Ever infertile
No	83.02	85.48	92.26
Yes	16.98	14.52	7.74

Life’s Simple 7 score (0-14) Inadequate: (0-7); Average: (8-10); Ideal: (11-14).

Differences in characteristics by cardiovascular health status were all statistically significant (P<0.05); Values are survey-weighted percentages.