Table 2.
Former smoker self-reported demographics and ideal cardiovascular health data.
| Phenogroup 1 (n = 241) |
Phenogroup 2 (n = 187) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 49.7 ± 11.1 | 43.4 ± 11.2 | <0.01 |
| Gender (% female) | 77.6 | 82.4 | 0.23 |
| Race and Ethnicity (no.) | 0.49 | ||
| Asian | 3 | 1 | |
| Black | 7 | 4 | |
| Hispanic | 9 | 11 | |
| White | 213 | 159 | |
| Other | 9 | 12 | |
| Region (no.) | 0.59 | ||
| Northeast | 38 | 27 | |
| South | 102 | 80 | |
| Midwest | 58 | 38 | |
| West | 43 | 42 | |
| Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Disease (%) | 72.2 | 21.4 | <0.01 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 19.2 | 4.81 | <0.01 |
| Hypertension (%) | 82.2 | 29.4 | <0.01 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (%) | 80.9 | 41.2 | <0.01 |
| Medications (%) | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 17.0 | 3.7 | <0.01 |
| Hypertension | 74.2 | 8.0 | <0.01 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 46.5 | 9.1 | <0.01 |
| CLINICAL DATA | |||
| Weight (kg) | 92.3 ± 26.8 | 86.2 ± 24.8 | <0.02 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 32.6 ± 9.0 | 30.5 ± 8.2 | <0.02 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) * | 122.2 ± 14.9 | 117.4 ± 12.5 | <0.01 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) * | 74.9 ± 10.0 | 72.9 ± 7.8 | <0.03 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) * | 190.6 ± 31.6 | 192.8 ± 26.6 | 0.45 |
| Blood glucose (mmol/L) * | 104.9 ± 22.7 | 99.2 ± 19.8 | <0.01 |
| DIET | |||
| Vegetables/day (cups) | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 0.80 |
| Fruit/day (cups) | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 1.1 ± 0.8 | <0.02 |
| Fish (servings/week) | 1.0 ± 1.0 | 0.8 ± 0.9 | <0.03 |
| Whole grains (servings/day) | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 0.92 |
| Sugar-sweetened beverages (servings/week) | 1.9 ± 2.9 | 2.8 ± 3.6 | <0.01 |
| Avoid prepackaged foods (%) | 65.6 | 39.0 | <0.01 |
| Avoid eating out (%) | 56.0 | 22.5 | <0.01 |
| Avoid salt at home (%) | 78.0 | 34.8 | <0.01 |
| EXERCISE | |||
| Moderate exercise (min/week) | 200.4 ± 217.1 | 240.5 ± 256.7 | 0.08 |
| Vigorous exercise (min/week) | 43.0 ± 92.7 | 64.2 ± 122.6 | <0.05 |
| LIFE’S SIMPLE 7 | |||
| Smoking score (%) | <0.06 | ||
| Poor | 0 | 0 | |
| Intermediate | 16.6 | 10.2 | |
| Ideal | 83.4 | 89.9 | |
| Activity score (%) | 0.24 | ||
| Poor | 3.3 | 2.1 | |
| Intermediate | 41.1 | 36.9 | |
| Ideal | 55.6 | 61.0 | |
| Diet score (%) | <0.01 | ||
| Poor | 34.9 | 58.8 | |
| Intermediate | 51.9 | 36.4 | |
| Ideal | 13.3 | 4.8 | |
| Weight score (%) | <0.01 | ||
| Poor | 55.6 | 43.3 | |
| Intermediate | 23.7 | 24.1 | |
| Ideal | 20.7 | 32.6 | |
| Blood glucose score (%) | <0.01 | ||
| Poor | 8.7 | 2.1 | |
| Intermediate | 49.0 | 29.4 | |
| Ideal | 42.3 | 68.5 | |
| Cholesterol score (%) | <0.01 | ||
| Poor | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
| Intermediate | 77.2 | 36.9 | |
| Ideal | 19.1 | 59.4 | |
| Blood pressure score (%) | <0.01 | ||
| Poor | 12.9 | 4.8 | |
| Intermediate | 73.0 | 41.7 | |
| Ideal | 14.1 | 53.5 | |
| LS7 Health Score | 5.9 ± 1.4 | 6.8 ± 1.3 | <0.01 |
* Contains imputed data from Life’s Simple 7, Categorical variables are analyzed by Chi-Square test, Continuous variables are analyzed by t-test, Non-parametric variables were analyzed by Wilcoxon rank sum test.