Table 3.

Distribution cardiovascular health components by race/ethnicity

CVH categories	Non-Hispanic White	African American	Hispanic	Chinese American	South Asian
Smoking, n (%)
Poor	301 (11.5)	338 (18)	203 (13.6)	45 (5.6)	31 (3.4)
Intermediate	59 (2.3)	26 (1.4)	33 (2.2)	9 (1.1)	124 (13.7)
Ideal	2254 (86.2)	1514 (80.6)	1259 (84.2)	748 (93.3)	751 (82.9)
BMI, n (%)
Poor	723 (27.6)	859 (45.4)	577 (38.6)	322 (40.1)	218 (24.1)
Intermediate	1052 (40.1)	699 (36.9)	666 (44.5)	375 (46.7)	418 (46.1)
Ideal	846 (32.3)	334 (17.7)	252 (16.9)	106 (13.2)	270 (29.8)
Physical activity, n (%)
Poor	447 (17.1)	448 (23.8)	466 (31.2)	203 (25.3)	138 (15.2)
Intermediate	464 (17.8)	335 (17.8)	248 (16.6)	156 (19.4)	181 (20)
Ideal	1703 (65.1)	1098 (58.4)	780 (52.2)	444 (55.3)	587 (64.8)
Healthy diet, n (%)
Poor	1605 (63.1)	1096 (62.9)	957 (66.9)	247 (30.8)	352 (38.9)
Intermediate	928 (36.5)	650 (37.1)	469 (32.8)	555 (69.1)	530 (58.5)
Ideal	11 (0.4)	5 (0.3)	4 (0.3)	1 (0.1)	24 (2.6)
Total cholesterol, n (%)
Poor	266 (10.2)	148 (7.9)	181 (12.1)	58 (7.2)	79 (8.8)
Intermediate	1223 (46.8)	780 (41.5)	610 (40.8)	323 (40.3)	462 (51.2)
Ideal	1124 (43)	951 (50.6)	703 (47.1)	421 (52.5)	361 (40)
Blood pressure, n (%)
Poor	549 (21)	626 (33.1)	386 (25.8)	191 (23.8)	163 (18)
Intermediate	1110 (42.4)	862 (45.6)	591 (39.5)	287 (35.7)	447 (49.3)
Ideal	960 (36.7)	403 (21.3)	518 (34.6)	325 (40.5)	296 (32.7)
Blood glucose, n (%)
Poor	97 (3.7)	203 (10.8)	186 (12.5)	67 (8.4)	99 (11.1)
Intermediate	355 (13.6)	405 (21.6)	309 (20.7)	175 (21.8)	289 (32.4)
Ideal	2161 (82.7)	1271 (67.6)	998 (66.8)	559 (69.8)	505 (56.6)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CVH, cardiovascular health.