Table 3.
Weighted Prevalence of Meeting Life's Simple 7 Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics in Stroke Survivors, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1988–1994
| Overall Cohort | |
|---|---|
| Blood pressure, mm Hg (%) | |
| <120/80 (untreated) | 13.1 |
| 120 to 139/80 to 89 or treated to goal | 41.7 |
| ≥140/90 | 45.2 |
| Total serum cholesterol, mg/dL (%) | |
| <200 mg/dL (untreated) | 28.7 |
| 200 to 239 mg/dL or treated to <200 mg/dL | 34.1 |
| ≥240 mg/dL | 37.2 |
| Hemoglobin A1C, % | |
| <5.7%, without meds | 51.0 |
| 5.7 to 6.4 or treated <5.7% | 30.6 |
| >6.4% | 18.3 |
| Smoking, % | |
| Never | 37.4 |
| Former | 40.5 |
| Current | 22.1 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (%) | |
| <25 | 35.7 |
| 25 to 29.9 | 37.3 |
| ≥30 | 26.9 |
| Physical activity, % | |
| ≥150 minutes per week | 18.0 |
| 1 to 149 minutes per week | 37.8 |
| No activity | 44.2 |
| Healthy diet, % | |
| Healthy eating Index >80 | 22.3 |
| Healthy eating index 50 to 80 | 63.5 |
| Healthy eating index <50 | 14.2 |
| Number of ideal health metrics, pooled, % | |
| 0 to 1 | 17.9 |
| 2 to 3 | 64.7 |
| 4+ | 17.4 |
| Number of ideal health metrics, % | |
| 0 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 14.8 |
| 2 | 35.7 |
| 3 | 29.0 |
| 4 | 13.3 |
| 5 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 1.3 |
| 7 | — |