Table 2. Distribution of Life’s simple 7 (LS7) metrics in the matched BASE and BASE-II samples.
| Score | BASE (n = 121) |
BASE-II (n = 121) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure, mmHg | ||||
| <120/80, unmedicated | 2 | 8.3% | 2.5% | 0.108 |
| 120 to 139/80 to 89 or treated to goal | 1 | 28.3% | 26.4% | |
| ≥140/90 | 0 | 63.3% | 71.1% | |
| Total serum cholesterol, mg/dL | ||||
| <200 mg/dL, unmedicated | 2 | 12.6% | 21.0% | 0.001 |
| 200–239 mg/dL or treated to <200 mg/dL | 1 | 37.8% | 52.1% | |
| ≥240 mg/dL | 0 | 49.6% | 26.9% | |
| Hemoglobin A1C, % | ||||
| <5.7%, unmedicated | 2 | 35.5% | 46.2% | 0.001 |
| 5.7 to 6.4 or treated to <5.7% | 1 | 33.9% | 45.4% | |
| >6.4% | 0 | 30.6% | 8.4% | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Never or quit >12 months ago | 2 | 76.9% | 95.9% | < 0.001 |
| Former ≤12 months | 1 | 3.3% | 0.0% | |
| Current | 0 | 19.8% | 4.1% | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | ||||
| <25 | 2 | 34.2% | 33.3% | 0.325 |
| 25 to 29.9 | 1 | 49.2% | 42.5% | |
| ≥30 | 0 | 16.7% | 24.2% | |
| Physical activity | ||||
| Several times a week | 2 | 40.5% | 50.0% | 0.002 |
| At least once a week | 1 | 11.6% | 23.2% | |
| Infrequently/never | 0 | 47.9% | 26.8% | |
| Healthy diet | ||||
| Healthy diet score 5-6/6 | 2 | 9.1% | 28.9% | < 0.001 |
| Healthy diet score 3-4/6 | 1 | 48.8% | 50.4% | |
| Healthy diet score 0-2/6 | 0 | 42.1% | 20.7% | |
| CVH | ||||
| Optimal | 10–14 | 6.6% | 17.4% | <0.001 |
| Average | 5–9 | 73.6% | 79.3% | |
| Inadequate | 0–4 | 19.8% | 3.3% | |
| Mean LS7 Score | 6.4±2.1 | 7.8±1.8 | <0.001 |
Notes: BASE = Berlin Aging Study, CVH = cardiovascular health. Data are given as mean ± standard deviation or percentages. Χ2-test was used to assess differences in distribution of categorical variables and two-sample t-test was used for comparison of the mean LS7 score.