Table 1.

Cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics.

	2 = Ideal	1 = Intermediate	0 = Poor
Smoking	Non-smokers	Ex-smokers	Current smokers
Physical activity	≥ 150 min/week moderate physical activity, ≥ 75 min/week vigorous physical activity, or ≥ 150 min/week combined intensity	1–149 min/week moderate physical activity, 1–74 min/week vigorous exercise, or 1–149 min/week combined intensity	0 to < 1 min/week moderate physical activity, vigorous physical activity, or combined intensity
Obesity indicated by the WHtR	≤ 0.5	> 0.5 and < 0.6	≥ 0.6
Dietary intake indicated by fruit and vegetable consumption	Fruit and vegetable consumption of > 5 portions/day	Fruit and vegetable consumption of 3–5 portions/day	Fruit and vegetable consumption of < 3 portions/day
Dyslipidemia indicated by low HDL-C concentrations	≥ 60 mg/dL	40 to < 60 mg/dL in men	< 40 mg/dL in men
		50 to < 60 mg/dL in women	and < 50 mg/dL in women
Fasting plasma glucose	< 100 mg/dL	100–125.9 mg/dL and/or diabetes with treatment	≥ 126 mg/dL and/or diabetes
Hypertension	SBP < 120 and DBP < 80 mmHg	SBP of 120–139 mmHg, DBP of 80–89 mmHg, or treated to goal	SBP ≥ 140 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg

WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.