Table 3.
Associations between overall Life’s Simple 7 score and incident atrial fibrillation among REGARDS participants*
| n AF/N at risk | Model 1† OR (95% CI) |
Model 2‡ OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| LS7 Health Categories | |||
| Inadequate (0 to 4 points) | 42/534 | 1 (Referent) | 1 (Referent) |
| Average (5 to 9 points) | 544/7,089 | 0.73 (0.52, 1.02) | 0.78 (0.55, 1.09) |
| Optimal (10 to 14 points) | 139/1,953 | 0.62 (0.43, 0.90) | 0.68 (0.47, 0.99) |
| LS7 score per unit increase | 725/9,576 | 0.94 (0.90, 0.97) | 0.95 (0.91, 0.99) |
LS7=Life’s Simple 7, AF=atrial fibrillation, OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval
*
Results of multivariable logistic regression models
†
Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, race, education, income, and geographic region
‡
Model 2 adjusted for Model 1 + left ventricular hypertrophy, alcohol use, coronary heart disease, and stroke