Table 2.
Basic Characteristics of the Participants With Incident MI (N=1277), According to Life's Simple 7 Score
| Characteristics | Total (N=1277) | Score of Life's Simple 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 (n=77) | 4–6 (n=445) | 7–9 (n=593) | ≥10 (n=162) | ||
| Demographic | |||||
| Age, y | 55.9±5.6 | 54.7±5.4 | 55.7±5.5 | 56.3±5.7 | 55.6±5.4 |
| Female sex | 42.4 | 63.6 | 43.8 | 38.1 | 43.8 |
| Black race | 24.3 | 58.4 | 34.2 | 17.4 | 6.2 |
| At study baseline | |||||
| Health insurance (yes) | 89.7 | 76.6 | 84.3 | 93.4 | 97.5 |
| Family income for the past 12 mo | |||||
| ≥$25 000 | 57.0 | 20.8 | 49.2 | 60.2 | 74.7 |
| Highest education | |||||
| ≥12 y | 70.5 | 42.9 | 62.9 | 74.9 | 88.3 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 28.5±5.1 | 32.8±5.4 | 29.8±5.1 | 27.2±4.5 | 24.9±3.6 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 125.9±19.1 | 139.5±21.2 | 131.2±20.2 | 123.5±17.3 | 113.6±11.2 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 75.3±12.2 | 82.0±13.3 | 78.6±13.3 | 73.7±10.8 | 69.0±8.9 |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/L | 6.4±2.5 | 8.4±3.3 | 7.0±3.1 | 6.0±2.0 | 5.4±1.1 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.8±1.1 | 6.6±1.1 | 6.2±1.2 | 5.6±1.0 | 5.3±1.0 |
| HDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.2±0.4 | 1.2±0.4 | 1.2±0.3 | 1.2±0.4 | 1.3±0.5 |
| LDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 3.9±1.1 | 4.4±1.0 | 4.2±1.1 | 3.7±1.0 | 3.4±1.0 |
| Life's Simple 7 categories | |||||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Intermediate | 32.6 | 20.8 | 32.1 | 34.6 | 32.1 |
| Ideal | 33.5 | 15.6 | 27.2 | 34.7 | 54.9 |
| Body mass index | |||||
| Intermediate | 43.2 | 15.6 | 43.6 | 48.4 | 35.8 |
| Ideal | 26.7 | 3.9 | 13.5 | 30.9 | 58.6 |
| Physical activity | |||||
| Intermediate | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| Ideal | 55.8 | 2.6 | 32.8 | 69.5 | 94.4 |
| Healthy diet | |||||
| Intermediate | 43.9 | 22.1 | 34.8 | 49.6 | 58.0 |
| Ideal | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 14.8 |
| Total cholesterol | |||||
| Intermediate | 37.4 | 31.2 | 33.7 | 42.0 | 34.0 |
| Ideal | 29.0 | 6.5 | 18.2 | 33.4 | 53.1 |
| Blood pressure | |||||
| Intermediate | 47.6 | 40.3 | 49.4 | 51.3 | 32.7 |
| Ideal | 28.1 | 3.9 | 14.6 | 31.5 | 64.2 |
| Glucose | |||||
| Intermediate | 37.7 | 36.4 | 46.3 | 37.3 | 16.7 |
| Ideal | 46.1 | 7.8 | 29.2 | 53.8 | 82.1 |
| At admission of MI | |||||
| Age at incident MI, y | 68.7±8.8 | 65.1±8.5 | 68.0±8.5 | 69.3±9.0 | 70.4±8.6 |
| Calendar year | |||||
| <1995 | 22.5 | 36.4 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 8.6 |
| 1996–2004 | 43.5 | 37.7 | 47.0 | 40.3 | 48.2 |
| ≥2005 | 34.1 | 26.0 | 29.7 | 35.9 | 43.2 |
| MI severity score | 7.4±3.4 | 7.8±3.2 | 7.5±3.6 | 7.3±3.3 | 7.0±3.6 |
| Health insurancea | 93.1 | 70.1 | 80.1 | 79.6 | 90.5 |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 61.3 | 52.0 | 52.6 | 51.6 | 59.3 |
| Private | 75.4 | 41.6 | 59.8 | 68.1 | 79.6 |
Data are given as mean±SD or percentage. HDL indicates high‐density lipoprotein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; and MI, myocardial infarction.
a
Of 1277 patients with MI, 1102 have insurance data at admission.