Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics and Life’s Simple 7 scores of participants

N(%) or mean(SD)	Stroke (N=149)	No stroke (N=7420)	P-value
Age	67.5 (8.1)	62.7 (8.3)	<0.001
Race (African American)	43 (28.9%)	2088 (28.1%)	0.37
Sex (Female)	69 (46.3%)	4201 (56.6%)	0.023
Education level  Less than high school  High school graduate  Some college  College graduate and above	13 (8.7%) 37 (24.8%) 47 (31.5%) 52 (34.9%)	388 (5.2%) 1683 (22.7%) 1928 (26.0%) 3421 (46.1%)	<0.001
Geographic region  Non-belt, non-buckle  Stroke belt  Stroke buckle	66 (44.3%) 58 (38.9%) 25 (16.8%)	3245 (43.7%) 2388 (32.2%) 1787 (24.1%)	0.005
Life’s Simple 7 score at baseline  Total  Blood pressure  Total cholesterol  Fasting glucose  Physical activity  Diet  BMI  Smoking	7.1 (2.1) 0.87 (0.59) 1.1 (0.68) 1.5 (0.67) 0.96 (0.74) 0.18 (0.39) 0.83 (0.74) 1.7 (0.72)	7.9 (2.0) 1.1 (0.63) 1.2 (0.64) 1.6 (0.61) 1.0 (0.77) 0.22 (0.42) 0.92 (0.78) 1.8 (0.61)	0.004 <0.001 0.010 0.006 0.22 0.24 0.19 0.037
Life’s Simple 7 score change from baseline to follow-up*  Total  Blood pressure  Total cholesterol  Fasting glucose  Physical activity  Diet  BMI  Smoking	−0.14 (1.9) 0.027 (0.66) 0.15 (0.75) −0.13 (0.67) −0.35 (0.79) −0.054 (0.46) 0.13 (0.58) 0.081 (0.51)	−0.18 (1.7) 0.0005 (0.68) 0.018 (0.63) −0.096 (0.59) −0.15 (0.90) −0.025 (0.48) 0.010 (0.56) 0.067 (0.45)	0.80 0.64 0.013 0.52 0.009 0.47 0.008 0.71

^*Negative values indicate worsening of Life’s Simple 7 score (change was calculated as the follow-up score minus the baseline score)