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. 2021 Jun 1;10(11):2450. doi: 10.3390/jcm10112450

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Life’s Simple 7 health factors and behaviors in the ideal range and ideal cardiovascular health. (a) The 7 health factors and health behaviors that are assessed by the Life’s Simple 7 survey instrument are scored as ideal, intermediate, or poor according to criteria defined by an expert panel [7,17]. The number of categories scored as ideal is presented for current (n = 108), former (n = 428), and never smokers (n = 1025). Data was analyzed using the Kruskal–Wallis test. (b) The distribution of Life’s Simple 7 Health Scores for never, former, and current smokers is shown as violin plots with median and quartiles identified as dashed lines. Data was analyzed using the Kruskal–Wallis test.