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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2020 Nov 14;64(3):571–580. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05328-9

Table 1.

Cardiovascular health metrics categories

Metric Ideal Intermediate Poor
Total cholesterol <5.18 mmol/l 5.18–6.21 mmol or treated to the ideal range ≥6.22 mmol/l
Blood pressure <120 mmHg systolic, <80 mmHg diastolic 120–139 mmHg systolic or 80–89 mmHg diastolic or treated to the ideal range ≥140 mmHg systolic or ≥90 mmHg diastolic
HbA1c <53 mmol/mol (<7%) 53–75 mmol/mol (7.0–8.9%) ≥75 mmol/mol (>9%)
BMI <25 kg/m2 25–29.9 kg/m2 ≥30 kg/m2
Smoking status Never Former Current
Physical activity ≥150 min per week moderate+ 1–149 min per week moderate+ None
Nutrition 3 components:
(1) Fibre intake >25 g women, >38g men
(2) Sodium intake <2300 mg
(3) Percentage of calories from saturated fat <10%		 2 components 0–1 component

Ideal metric scores: sum count for each participant of metrics in the ideal range (possible score 0–7)

Total metric scores: sum of each participant’s metrics across all ranges where ideal=2, intermediated=1, poor=0 (possible score 0–14)