Table 1.

CVH Metric Definitions for Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women

Metric	Pregnant Women
	Ideal	Intermediate	Poor
Dieta	4–5 Components	2–3 Components	0–1 Component
	Diet components: (1) fruits and vegetables: ≥4.5 cups/d; (2) fisha: 2–3 3.5‐oz servings/wk; (3) whole grains (ie, ≥1.1 g fiber per 10 g carbohydrate): ≥3 1‐oz equivalent servings/d; (4) sodium: <1500 mg/d; (5) sugar‐sweetened beverages: ≤450 kcal/wk
Physical activity	≥150 min/wk moderate or ≥75 min/wk vigorous intensity or combination	1–149 min/wk moderate+vigorous or 1–74 min/wk vigorous	None
Smoking	Never or quit >12 mo ago	Former ≤12 mo	Current
BMIa	Less than or equal to maximum possible if top‐normal prepregnancy BMI and maximal recommended gestational weight gain (see Methods)	All others “nonideal”
Blood pressureb	<120/<80 mm Hg untreated	SBP 120–139 mm Hg or DBP 80–89 mm Hg or treated to goal	SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg
Total cholesterol	<200 mg/dL untreated	200–239 mg/dL or treated to goal	≥240 mg/dL
Fasting plasma glucosea	Month of pregnancy 1–5: <100 mg/dL untreated Month of pregnancy 6–9: <92 mg/dL untreated	All others “nonideal”

Metric	Nonpregnant Women
	Ideal	Intermediate	Poor
Diet	4–5 Components	2–3 Components	0–1 Component
	Diet components: (1) fruits and vegetables: ≥4.5 cups/d; (2) fish: ≥2 3.5‐oz servings/wk; (3) whole grains (ie, ≥1.1 g fiber per 10 g carbohydrate): ≥3 1‐oz equivalent servings/d; (4) sodium: <1500 mg/d; (5) sugar‐sweetened beverages: ≤450 kcal/wk
Physical activity	≥150 min/wk moderate or ≥75 min/wk vigorous intensity or combination	1–149 min/wk moderate+vigorous or 1–74 min/wk vigorous	None
Smoking	Never or quit >12 mo ago	Former ≤12 mo	Current
BMIa	<25 kg/m2	All others “nonideal”
Blood pressureb	<120/<80 mm Hg untreated	SBP 120–139 mm Hg or DBP 80–89 mm Hg or treated to goal	SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg
Total cholesterol	<200 mg/dL untreated	200–239 mg/dL or treated to goal	≥240 mg/dL
Fasting plasma glucosea	<100 mg/dL untreated	All others “nonideal”

BMI indicates body mass index; CVH, cardiovascular health; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

^aDifferent from American Heart Association CVH metric definitions for nonpregnant adults. See text (Methods) for details.

^bPrimary definition shown. In a sensitivity analysis, blood pressure was categorized as intermediate if SBP 120 to 129 mm Hg and DBP <80 mm Hg or treated to goal and as poor if SBP ≥130 mm Hg or DBP ≥80 mm Hg, per recent American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology blood pressure guidelines for nonpregnant adults.