Table 2.

Trend of Essential 8 Score and its Components Stratified by Sex in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-18

	2007-2010 [n=4,239 (88,558,753)]	2011-2014 [n=4,239 (90,911,084)]	2015-2018 [n=3,719 (88,796,885)]	Ptrend
Overall
Essential 8 Score	68.5 (0.5)	69.6 (0.6)	69.6 (0.6)	0.89
Physical Activity Score	54.6 (1.2)	57.1 (1.5)	57.9 (1.3)	0.32
Blood Pressure Score	83.0 (0.5)	83.4 (0.6)	81.8 (0.6)	0.004
Blood Lipids Score	69.6 (0.6)	73.0 (0.8)	76.1 (0.8)	<0.001
Blood Sugar Score	92.0 (0.3)	91.3 (0.4)	90.3 (0.4)	<0.001
Body Mass Index Score	65.5 (0.8)	64.5 (0.9)	60.2 (1.2)	<0.001
Smoking Score	65.7 (1.3)	69.0 (1.1)	69.4 (1.2)	0.73
Sleep Score	82.3 (0.6)	82.6 (0.7)	85.1 (0.5)	<0.001
Diet Score	35.0 (1.0)	36.5 (0.8)	35.6 (1.3)	0.90
Males
Essential 8 Score	66.4 (0.6)	68.1 (0.7)	67.2 (0.6)	0.34
Physical Activity Score	59.0 (1.6)	60.6 (1.6)	59.1 (1.3)	0.18
Blood Pressure Score	77.6 (0.7)	78.9 (0.9)	76.1 (0.8)	0.01
Blood Lipids Score	63.5 (0.8)	68.5 (1.0)	70.4 (0.9)	<0.001
Blood Sugar Score	90.7 (0.5)	90.6 (0.5)	89.7 (0.6)	0.03
Body Mass Index Score	64.7 (1.0)	64.7 (1.1)	60.8 (1.3)	0.003
Smoking Score	61.2 (1.4)	64.6 (1.4)	64.4 (1.4)	0.87
Sleep Score	82.2 (0.9)	82.4 (0.9)	84.6 (0.7)	0.02
Diet Score	32.2 (1.2)	34.2 (0.8)	32.2 (1.3)	0.46
Females
Essential 8 Score	70.6 (0.5)	71.4 (0.5)	72.2 (0.7)	0.50
Physical Activity Score	50.0 (1.2)	53.2 (1.9)	56.6 (1.8)	0.002
Blood Pressure Score	88.5 (0.5)	88.3 (0.8)	88.0 (0.6)	0.09
Blood Lipids Score	76.0 (0.8)	77.9 (0.7)	82.4 (0.9)	<0.001
Blood Sugar Score	93.3 (0.4)	91.9 (0.5)	91.0 (0.7)	<0.001
Body Mass Index Score	66.3 (1.1)	64.2 (1.0)	59.6 (1.5)	<0.001
Smoking Score	70.4 (1.6)	73.9 (0.9)	74.7 (1.4)	0.76
Sleep Score	82.5 (0.6)	82.7 (0.7)	85.7 (0.5)	<0.001
Diet Score	37.9 (1.1)	38.9 (1.0)	39.3 (1.7)	0.68

The Essential 8 score and its components have been presented as mean (standard error).