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. 2020 Oct 26;3(10):e2022119. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22119

Table 2. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Behaviors of 10 728 Individual Participants at Baseline.

Factor CV risk factors and behaviors categories
Poor Intermediate Ideal
Criteria % Criteria % Criteria %
Smoking status Current 9.5 Former 17.0 Never 73.4
BMI ≥30 29.5 25-29.9 37.1 <25 33.4
Physical activity, min/wk 0 26.1 1-149 42.6 ≥150 31.3
Healthy diet scorea ≤2 21.3 3-5 75.0 ≥6 3.7
Total cholesterol, mg/dL ≥240 9.1 200-239 36.8 <200b 54.2
Blood pressure, mm Hg SBP ≥140 or DBP ≥90 16.3 SBP 120-139 or DBP 80-89 47.1 SBP <120 and DBP <80b 36.6
Fasting glucose, mg/dL ≥126 5.9 100-125 20.2 <100b 74.0
CV health scorec ≤7 26.7 8-11 61.3 >11 12.1

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); CV, cardiovascular; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

SI conversion factors: To convert total cholesterol to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0259; glucose to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0555.

a

Sum of scores for servings per day of the following: fruits and vegetables (score of 0 for 0-1 servings, 1 for 2-3, 2 for ≥4), high-fiber foods (score of 0 for 0-1 servings, 1 for 2-4, 2 for ≥5), and high-fat foods (score of 0 for ≥4 servings, 1 for 2-3, 2 for 0-1).

b

Without medications. Those with medications were considered intermediate.

c

Global cardiovascular health score ranged from 1 to 14.