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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015 Sep 2;23(9):986–994. doi: 10.1177/2047487315602015

Table 2.

Cardiovascular health metric Definition Percentage (number)
Body mass index
    - Ideal <25 kg/m2     40.8 (4097)
    - Intermediate 25–30 kg/m2     45.1 (4525)
    - Poor ≥30 kg/m2     14.1 (1421)
Healthy diet score
   - Ideal ≥4 healthy components     9.6 (966)
   - Intermediate 2–4 healthy components     60.1 (6034)
   - Poor <2 healthy components     30.3 (3043)
Physical activity
   - Ideal Active     18.4 (1844)
   - Intermediate Moderately active or moderately inactive     51.3 (5156)
   - Poor Inactive     30.3 (3043)
Smoking behaviour
   - Ideal Never     47.3 (4753)
   - Intermediate Former     40.9 (41 08)
   - Poor Current     11.8 (1182)
Blood pressure
   - Ideal SBP < 120 and DBP <80 mmHg, without drug therapy     18.5 (1856)
   - Intermediate SBP ≥ 1 20 to < 140 or DBP 80> to <90 or treated to SBP < 140 or DBP < 90 mmHg     42.7 (4286)
   - Poor SBP ≥ 140 or DBP ≥90 mmHg     38.8 (3901)
HbA1c
   - Ideal <5.7%     81.3 (8167)
   - Intermediate 5.7–6.5%     14.8 (1482)
   - Poor ≥6.5%     3.9 (394)
Total cholesterol
   - Ideal <5.2 mmol/I     19.6 (1970)
   - Intermediate 5.2–6.2 mmol/I     38.6 (3874)
   - Poor ≥6.2 mmol/I     41.8 (4199)
Total     10,043

Data are presented as percentage (number). SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

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