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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2015 Sep 8;132(21):1979–1989. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.017882

Table 1.

Definition of Ideal CV Health Metrics.

Metric Status Definition
Smoking Ideal Never or quit >12 months
Intermediate Former ≤12 months
Poor Current
Body mass index Ideal <25 kg/m2
Intermediate 25-29.9 kg/m2
Poor ≥30 kg/m2
Physical Activity Ideal ≥150 min/week moderate, or ≥75 min/week vigorous, or ≥150 min/week moderate+vigorous
Intermediate 1-149 min/week moderate, or 1-74 min/week vigorous, or 1-149 min/week moderate+vigorous
Poor None
Total Cholesterol Ideal <200 mg/dl without medications
Intermediate 200-239 or treated to <200 mg/dl
Poor ≥240 mg/dl
Blood pressure Ideal <120/<80 mmHg without medications
Intermediate SBP 120-139 or DBP 80-89 or treated to <120/<80 mmHg
Poor SBP ≥140 or DBP ≥90 mmHg
Fasting serum glucose Ideal <100 mg/dl without medication
Intermediate 100-125 mg/dl or treated to <100 mg/dl
Poor ≥126 mg/dl

Adapted from Folsom et al2