Table 1.

Healthy Lifestyle Score (HLS) ^a.

	Score
Not smoking
Never a smoker	1
Smoker (current and former)	0
Physical activity (MET-h/week)
Physically active (>20 MET-h/week)	1
Not physically active (≤20 MET-h/week)	0
Mediterranean diet pattern (Trichopoulou score excluding alcohol) b
High adherence (≥4)	1
Low adherence (<4)	0
Moderate alcohol consumption
Moderate consumption (women, 0.1–5.0 g/day; men, 0.1–10.0 g/day)	1
Abstention or high consumption (women >5 g/day; men >10 g/day)	0
Low time spent watching television
Low television watching (<2 h/day)	1
High television watching (≥2 h/day)	0
Avoidance of binge drinking
No binge drinking (≤5 alcoholic drinks at any time)	1
Binge drinking (>5 alcoholic drinks at any time)	0
Having a short afternoon nap
Short afternoon nap (0.1–0.5 h/day)	1
Not having an afternoon nap or having a long nap (>0.5 h/day)	0
Time with friends
Spending time with friends (>1 h/day)	1
Not spending time with friends (≤1 h/day)	0
Time working
Full-time work (≥40 h/week)	1
Less than full-time work (<40 h/week)	0

^a Body mass index was excluded, as it is a component of metabolic syndrome. ^b Score from 0 to 8, because alcohol consumption was excluded.