Table 2:
Baseline average LE8 score, LE8 components score, and CV health status stratified by HDP: CARDIA, 1985-2015 (n=1227 women)
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parous women without HDP at baseline |
||||
| All (n=1227) | HDP (n=244) | No HDP (n=983) | ||
|
| ||||
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value |
|
| ||||
| LE8 TOTAL SCORE | 79.0 (11.0) | 77.0 (10.9) | 79.5(11.0) | 0.002 |
| LE8 Factor Scores: | ||||
| Diet | 43.2 (31.8) | 41.0 (30.2) | 43.8 (32.2) | 0.219 |
| Physical Activity | 80.6 (26.3) | 80.4 (25.4) | 80.6 (26.6) | 0.911 |
| Nicotine Exposure | 61.4 (40.8) | 59.3 (41.4) | 61.9 (40.7) | 0.377 |
| Sleep Health | 80.2 (24.9) | 76.8 (26.2) | 81.1 (24.5) | 0.022 |
| Body mass index | 88.0 (24.0) | 83.5 (27.4) | 89.1 (22.9) | 0.004 |
| Blood glucose | 99.1 (6.9) | 99.1 (7.1) | 99.1 (6.9) | 0.944 |
| Blood lipids | 83.7 (24.4) | 82.2 (24.8) | 84.1 (24.3) | 0.288 |
| Blood pressure | 96.3 (12.4) | 93.8 (15.9) | 96.9 (11.3) | 0.004 |
| †CV HEALTH | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Low | 8 (0.7) | 3 (1.2) | 5 (0.5) | 0.029 |
| Moderate | 605 (49.3) | 136 (55.7) | 469 (47.7) | |
| High | 614 (50.0) | 105 (43.0) | 509 (51.8) | |
Abbreviations - LE8: American Heart Association Life’s Essential 8; CV: Cardiovascular; HDP: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy; SD: Standard Deviation.
†
CV health defined based on overall LE8 score (low: LE8 score <50, moderate: LE8 score 50-79), high: LE8 score ≥80).