In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) introduced the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) as a metric to assess and promote cardiovascular health (CVH) through the evaluation of seven modifiable health factors and behaviours that included blood pressure, serum levels of cholesterol and fasting glucose, body mass index (BMI), smoking, exercise, and dietary habits [1]. The ideal CVH, as defined by the AHA, has been associated with lower rates of subclinical disease cross‐sectionally, and with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) prospectively [2,3]. In particular, an analysis from the Framingham Heart Study showed a positive correlation between higher CVH and better health outcomes over a 20-year period of observation, emphasizing the importance of maintaining ideal CVH over the life course
Socioeconomic status as determinant of individual cardiovascular risk / Fogacci F, Borghi C, Tocci G, Cicero AFG. - In: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. - ISSN 0021-9150. - STAMPA. - 346:(2022), pp. 82-83. [10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.02.020]
Socioeconomic status as determinant of individual cardiovascular risk
Borghi CSecondo
Conceptualization
;Cicero AFGUltimo
Writing – Review & Editing
2022
Abstract
In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) introduced the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) as a metric to assess and promote cardiovascular health (CVH) through the evaluation of seven modifiable health factors and behaviours that included blood pressure, serum levels of cholesterol and fasting glucose, body mass index (BMI), smoking, exercise, and dietary habits [1]. The ideal CVH, as defined by the AHA, has been associated with lower rates of subclinical disease cross‐sectionally, and with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) prospectively [2,3]. In particular, an analysis from the Framingham Heart Study showed a positive correlation between higher CVH and better health outcomes over a 20-year period of observation, emphasizing the importance of maintaining ideal CVH over the life courseI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
