Table 4.

Associations between Life’s Simple 7 components and CMR imaging indices.

	LV Mass Index (g/m2.7)*		LV concentric remodeling index (g/mL)*		Peak Global strain (%)		Aortic PWV (m/s)*
Ideal Cardiovascular Health	LS mean	p value	LS mean	p value	LS mean	p value	LS mean	p value
Non-Smoking	28.95	0.01	0.98	<0.0001	−16.11	0.0002	5.20	0.0001
Smoking	30.32		1.07		−15.31		6.09
Ideal BMI	26.65	<0.0001	0.97	<0.0001	−16.12	<0.0001	5.90	0.01
Non-ideal BMI	32.93		1.09		−15.29		5.36
Ideal Nutrition	29.65	0.98	0.98	0.34	−15.89	0.66	4.61	0.02
Non-ideal Nutrition	29.60		1.07		−15.53		6.87
Ideal Physical Activity	29.61	0.94	1.03	0.95	−15.78	0.37	5.71	0.33
Non-ideal Physical Activity	29.64		1.03		−15.64		5.54
Ideal BP	28.38	<0.0001	0.98	<0.0001	−15.80	0.28	5.51	0.17
Non-ideal BP	30.92		1.07		−15.62		5.75
Ideal Fasting Plasma Glucose	28.86	0.002	1.01	0.15	−15.95	0.01	5.70	0.51
Non-ideal Fasting Plasma Glucose	30.41		1.04		−15.47		5.56
Ideal Total Cholesterol	29.97	0.06	1.02	0.35	−15.72	0.90	5.62	0.94
Non-ideal Total Cholesterol	29.29		1.03		−15.70		5.63

Linear models were constructed for each imaging parameter (dependent variable) as a function of age, sex, and each Simple 7 component to obtain least-squares means. All Simple 7 components were included simultaneously in the same model.

^*Least-squares means of log-transformed variables (LV mass index, LV concentric remodeling index and Aortic PWV) were exponentiated. P values of <0.007 were considered significant using Bonferroni correction. BMI = body mass index; BP = blood pressure; LV = left ventricle; LS=least-squares; SE = standard error; PWV = pulse wave velocity.