Table 2.

Linear regression estimate, standard error (SE) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the change in Life’s Simple 7 scores

Predictors	Estimate	SE	95%CI
Age	0.005*	0.002	0.0008, 0.009
Race (African American)	−0.21**	0.04	−0.29, −0.12
Sex (Female)	−0.02	0.04	−0.09, 0.05
Education level  Less than high school  High school graduate  Some college  College graduate and above	REF 0.14 0.23** 0.46**	REF 0.09 0.09 0.08	REF −0.02, 0.31 0.06, 0.40 0.29, 0.62
Geographic region  Non-belt, non-buckle  Stroke belt  Stroke buckle	REF −0.04 −0.07	REF 0.04 0.05	REF −0.13, 0.04 −0.16, 0.02
Life’s Simple 7 score at baseline	−0.42**	0.009	−0.43, −0.40
Stroke	−0.28*	0.13	−0.53, −0.03

SE: standard error; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval. Negative values indicate worsening of Life’s Simple 7 score (change was calculated as the follow-up score minus the baseline score). Estimates adjusted for baseline LS7, age, sex, race, education and region.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01