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. 2019 Feb 21;16:E23. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180409

Table 3. Prevalence of Number of Healthy Behaviors Among US Adults, by History of Stroke Status, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2015.

Number of Healthy Behaviorsa Number of Respondentsb Total History of Stroke (n = 13,917) No History of Stroke (n = 333,013)

% (95% Confidence Interval)c
0 63,895 19.0 (18.8–19.3) 24.8 (22.2–27.5) 18.8 (18.6–19.1)
1 120,379 35.8 (35.5–36.2) 36.4 (33.1–39.6) 35.8 (35.4–36.1)
2 115,397 32.6 (32.3–32.9) 30.8 (27.3–34.3) 32.8 (32.4–33.1)
3 47,259 12.5 (12.3–12.8) 8.1 (5.9–10.2) 12.7 (12.4–12.9)
a

The number of healthy behaviors (ie, consumes ≥1 fruit and ≥1 vegetable daily, meets weekly aerobic physical activity recommendations, has a body mass index <25 kg/m2) was computed for each respondent by summing the number of individual healthy behaviors. Only respondents who provided data for all 3 healthy behaviors were included in the analysis.

b

Unweighted number of respondents.

c

Estimates are weighted and age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.