Table 4.

Overall cardiovascular health score category		1 (Unhealthy)	2	3	4	5 (Healthy)	Total
Overall cardiovascular health score range		0–2	3–5	6–8	9–11	12–14
Number (percentage)		55 (0.5)	1440 (14.3)	5017 (50.0)	3254 (32.4)	277 (2.8)	10,043 (100.0)
Coronary heart disease
Events		15	282	564	141	2
Event rate		27.3	19.6	11.2	4.3	0.7
Model 1	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.62	0.33	0.1 2	0.02
	95% confidence interval		(0.37–1.04)	(0.20–0.54)	(0.07–0.20)	(0.004–0.08)
	P value		0.7	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Model 2	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.65	0.42	0.24	0.07
	95% confidence interval		(0.39–1.09)	(0.25–0.70)	(0.14–0.41)	(0.02–0.29)
	P value		0.1	0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease
Events		5	38	103	24	1
Event rate		9.1	2.6	2.1	0.7	0.4
Model 1	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.26	0.19	0.06	0.03
	95% confidence i nterval		(0.10–0.65)	(0.08–0.46)	(0.02–0.17)	(0.004–0.26)
	P value		0.004	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Model 2	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.28	0.26	0.16	0.16
	95% confidence i nterval		(0.11–0.70)	(0.11–0.63)	(0.06–0.42)	(0.02–1.37)
	P value		0.007	0.003	<0.001	0.09
Cardiovascular disease
Events		20	303	638	161	3
Event rate		36.4	21	12.7	4.9	1.1
Model 1	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.47	0.26	0.09	0.020
	95% confidence interval		(0.30–0.73)	(0.17–0.40)	(0.06–0.15)	(0.006–0.067)
	P value		0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Model 2	Hazard ratio	1.00 (ref)	0.48	0.33	0.19	0.07
	95% confidence interval		(0.31–0.76)	(0.21–0.52)	(0.12–0.30)	(0.02–0.23)
	p-value		0.002	<0.001	<0.001	<0.0

Model 1 unadjusted; Model 2 adjusted for sex and age