Table 4.

Associations of individual Life’s Simple 7 metrics with aldosterone.

Life’s Simple 7 Metrics	Mean Ratios (95% CI)
	Intermediate vs. Poor	p-Value	Ideal vs. Poor	p-Value
Smoking	0.76 (0.57,1.01)	0.0554	0.71 (0.65,0.76)	<0.0001
Body Mass Index	0.96 (0.90, 1.02)	0.1968	0.83 (0.75, 0.92)	0.0003
Physical Activity	0.95 (0.89, 1.02)	0.1497	1.04 (0.96, 1.12)	0.2992
Diet	1.01 (0.96, 1.08)	0.6202	0.72 (0.49, 1.06)	0.0938
Blood pressure	1.04 (0.97, 1.11)	0.3337	0.77 (0.69, 0.86)	<0.0001
Total Cholesterol	1.04 (0.96, 1.12)	0.3656	0.89 (0.82, 0.97)	0.0090
Fasting Plasma Glucose	0.84 (0.78, 0.91)	<0.0001	0.78 (0.72, 0.84)	<0.0001

Adjusted for age, sex, education, occupation, alcohol use and eGFR. p < 0.05 indicates at least one comparison was significant.