Table 1.

Collection of the American Heart Association's LE8 Metric Components by Study Time Point

Component	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
Diet quality	x	‐	‐	x	‐	‐	x
Physical activity	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Nicotine use	x	‐	‐	‐	‐	x	x
Sleep duration (n = 114)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
BMI	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Blood pressure	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Blood lipids	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Blood glucose	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐

T0, baseline assessment, 12–20 weeks of gestation; T1, 18–22 weeks of gestation; T2, 23–26 weeks of gestation; T3, 27–30 weeks of gestation; T4, 31–34 weeks of gestation; T5, 35 weeks of gestation through delivery; T6, 6 months postpartum. BMI indicates body mass index; and LE8, Life's Essential 8.