Table 3.

Crude model is the unadjusted model.

Gender: Male	Crude model		Model 1		Model 2
	95% CI	p	95% CI	p	95% CI	p
Life’s Essential 8	−0.18 (−0.20, −0.16)	<0.0001	−0.14 (−0.17, −0.11)	<0.0001	−0.09 (−0.12, −0.06)	<0.001
Q1	ref		ref		ref
Q2	−3 (−3.82, −2.18)	<0.0001	−2.16 (−2.97, −1.35)	<0.001	−1.15 (−2.07, −0.23)	0.02
Q3	−4.52 (−5.34, −3.69)	<0.0001	−3.11 (−3.97, −2.25)	<0.0001	−1.7 (−2.62, −0.78)	0.01
Q4	−6.4 (−7.26, −5.53)	<0.0001	−4.14 (−5.19, −3.09)	<0.0001	−2.41 (−3.46, −1.35)	0.002
p for trend		<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.001
Gender: Female	Crude model		Model 1		Model 2
	95% CI	p	95%CI	p	95%CI	p
Life’s Essential 8	−0.21 (−0.22, −0.19)	<0.0001	−0.15 (−0.20, −0.11)	<0.0001	−0.12 (−0.16, −0.07)	<0.001
Q1	ref		ref		ref
Q2	−4.29 (−4.99, −3.59)	<0.0001	−3.41 (−4.36, −2.47)	<0.0001	−2.45 (−3.58, −1.33)	0.003
Q3	−5.93 (−6.77, −5.09)	<0.0001	−4.06 (−5.43, −2.70)	<0.001	−2.74 (−4.24, −1.25)	0.01
Q4	−7.96 (−8.64, −7.28)	<0.0001	−4.97 (−6.32, −3.63)	<0.0001	−3.57 (−5.06, −2.08)	0.002
p for trend		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.001

Model 1 adjusted for age, race, poverty to income ratio, education level, BMI, marital status, smoke status, and alcohol status. Model 2 adjusted for age, race, poverty to income ratio, education level, BMI, marital status, smoke status, alcohol status, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Q1, The first quartile; Q2, The second quartile; Q3, The third quartile; Q4, The fourth quartile; and ref, reference.