Table 1.

List of risk factors with the corresponding exposure metric

Risk factor	Exposure metric
Excess body weight	Body mass index (kg per m2)
High blood pressure	Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
High cholesterol	LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
High blood glucose	Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)
Seat belts	How often a seat belt is worn:
	• Always or does not drive or ride in a car
	• Nearly always
	• Sometimes
	• Seldom
	• Never
Tobacco use	Three smoking categories:
	• Non-smoker
	• Current smoker
	• Former smoker
Alcohol use	Includes both average consumption and pattern of drinking (binge drinking)
	Average consumption:
	• Abstainer not having had a drink containing alcohol in the last 30 days;
	• 0–19.99 g of pure alcohol daily (females) and 0–39.99 g (males)
	• 20–39.99 g (females) and 40–59.99 g (males);
	• ≥40 g (females) and ≥60 g (males)
	Binge drinking was defined as having at least one occasion of five or more drinks in the last month (men) or four or more drinks in the last month (women)
Physical activity	Based on physical activity during the past 30 days:
	• Inactive, no moderate or vigorous physical activity;
	• Low-active, <2.5 h/wk of moderate activity or <600 MET min/wk;
	• Moderately active: either ≥2.5 h/wk of moderate activity or ≥1 h of vigorous activity; and ≥600 MET min/wk;
	• Highly active: ≥1 h/wk of vigorous activity and ≥1,600 MET min/wk.
Fruit intake	Dietary fruit intake over the past 30 days (average grams per day)
Vegetable intake	Dietary vegetable intake over the past 30 days (average grams per day)
Omega-3 fatty acids intake	Dietary omega-3 fatty acids during the past 30 days (average milligrams of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) per day)
Nut intake	Dietary nut and seed intake, including peanut butter during the past 30 days (average grams per day)