BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association/American @entity64 Association proposed a metric called Life's Simple 7 (LS7) to define cardiovascular health (CVH). The presence of a large number of ideal components of CVH is associated with lower @entity65 and all-cause mortality. We aimed to assess CVH using LS7 in a Chinese population undergoing primary and secondary @entity64 prevention. METHODS: @entity1 with either @entity385 or cardiovascular risk factors were enrolled in the study from October 2010 to July 2013. LS7 components were scored as poor (0 points), intermediate (1 point), or ideal (2 points). The overall LS7 score was categorized as inadequate (0-4), average (5-9), or optimal (10-14) CVH. The Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used. RESULTS: In total, 706 @entity1 were enrolled. (1) The distribution of the overall LS7 score (n = 255) indicated that 9.4%, 82.4%, and 8.2% of the @entity1 had inadequate, average, and optimal CVH, respectively. The proportion of @entity1 with optimal CVH undergoing secondary @entity64 prevention was lower than that for @entity1 undergoing primary @entity64 prevention (3.8% vs. 12.8%, P = 0.005). The vast majority of @entity1 (76.1%) presented with  <=2 ideal health components. (2) The proportions of @entity1 with poor, intermediate, and ideal status, respectively, for the following LS7 components were assessed : t0 otal @entity165 (n = 275; 5.1%, 73.8%, and 21.1%), blood pressure (n = 351; 32.5%, 59.0%, and 8.5%), blood @entity413 (n = 280; 9.3%, 39.6%, and 51.1%), physical activity (n = 540; 90.7%, 8.7%, and 0.6%), diet (n = 524; 0.2%, 92.4%, and 7.4%), smoking (n = 619; 20.7%, 2.9%, and 76.4%), and body mass index (n = 259; 6.6%, 35.5%, and 57.9%). CONCLUSIONS: Few Chinese @entity1 undergoing @entity64 prevention had optimal CVH (determined using LS7). Additionally, fewer @entity1 undergoing secondary prevention had optimal CVH than those undergoing primary prevention. In particular, physical activity and diet status in this population require improvement.

Assessing Cardiovascular Health Using Life's Simple 7 in a Chinese Population Undergoing XXXX Prevention.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'Stroke'] @entity413 :: ('MESH:D005947', 'Chemical') :: ['glucose'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease'] @entity165 :: ('MESH:D002784', 'Chemical') :: ['cholesterol'] @entity385 :: ('MESH:D002544', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic stroke']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['Stroke']
