Table 1.

Indicators of Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Prevalence in Study Population

Component	Score	Definition	% of MESA Participants (N=5263)
Cholesterol
	Poor	≥ 240 mg/dL	9.6
	Intermediate	200–239 mg/dL or treated to < 200 mg/dL	32.6
	Ideal	<200 mg/dL, unmedicated	57.8
Glucose
	Poor	≥ 126 mg/dL fasting	10.1
	Intermediate	100–125 mg/dl fasting unmedicated or treated to <100mg/dL	29.7
	Ideal	<100mg/dL fasting, unmedicated	60.2
BP
	Poor	SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg	23.5
	Intermediate	SBP 120–139 mmHg or DBP 80–89 mmHg	34.5
	Ideal	SBP < 120 mmHg and DBP < 80 mmHg	42.0
BMI
	Poor	≥ 30 kg/m^2	35.5
	Intermediate	25 – 29.9 kg/m^2	40.4
	Ideal	< 25 kg/m^2	24.1
Physical Activity
	Poor	no exercise	21.8
	Intermediate	1–149 minutes of moderate or 1–74 minutes of vigorous exercise/week	17.2
	Ideal	150+ minutes of moderate or 75+ minutes of vigorous exercise/week	61.0
Smoking
	Poor	Current Smoker	13.5
	Intermediate	Former Smoker, quit ≤ 12 months ago	1.4
	Ideal	Never Smoker or quit > 12 months ago	85.1
Diet
	Poor	0–1 components of healthy diet	47.7
	Intermediate	2–3 components of healthy diet	51.2
	Ideal	4–5 components of healthy diet	1.1