Table 1.

American Heart Association simple 7 measures of cardiovascular health, adapted from [27].

Measures			Poor health	Intermediate health	Ideal health
Health behaviors
	Smoking status		Current	Former ≤12 months	Never or quit >12 months
	BMI		≥30 kg/m2	25-29.9 kg/m2	<25 kg/m2
	Physical activity		None	1-149 minutes/week moderate or 1-74 minutes/week vigorous or 1-149 minutes/week moderate and vigorous	≥150 minutes/week moderate or ≥75 minutes/week vigorous or ≥150 minutes/week moderate and vigorous
	Healthy diet score		0-1 components	2-3 components	4-5 components
Health factors
	Total cholesterol level		≥240 mg/dL	200-239 mg/dL or treated to goal	<200 mg/dL
	Blood pressure		Systolic ≥140 mm Hg or Diastolic ≥90 mm Hg	Systolic 120-139 mm Hg or Diastolic 80-89 mm Hg or treated to goal	Systolic <120 mm Hg  Diastolic <80 mm Hg
	Blood glucose level
		Fasting plasma glucose	≥126 mg/dL	100-125 mg/dL or treated to goal	<100 mg/dL
		Hemoglobin A1c	≥6.5%	5.7%-6.4% or treated to goal	≤5.6%