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Ideal cardiovascular health status and its association with socioeconomic factors in Chinese adults in Shandong, China [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. In 2010, a goal released by the American Heart Association (AHA) Committee focused on the primary reduction in cardiovascular risk.
J. Ren, X. L. Guo, Z. L. LU, J. Y. Zhang, J. L. Tang, X. Chen, C. C. Gao, C. X. Xu, A. Q. Xu   +8 more
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Ideal cardiovascular health predicts lower risk of abnormal liver enzymes levels in the Chilean National Health Survey (2009-2010). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
High levels of gamma glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), as well as fatty liver index (FLI) has been associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults.
Antonio García-Hermoso, Anthony C Hackney, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez   +2 more
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Changes in ideal cardiovascular health among Malawian adults from 2009 to 2017

Scientific Reports, 2022
Ideal Cardiovascular Health (CVH) is a concept defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as part of its 2020 Impact Goals. Until now, changes in ideal CVH have been poorly evaluated in Sub-Saharan African populations.
Calypse Ngwasiri, Sekou Samadoulougou, Kadari Cissé, Leopold Aminde, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou   +4 more
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Applying the ideal cardiovascular health metrics to couples: a cross-sectional study in primary care. [PDF]

Clin Cardiol, 2015
AbstractBackgroundThere is little research on overall cardiovascular (CV) health among couples. Our aim was to examine concordance levels forCVhealth among couples, using the American Heart Association ideal health metrics, and to investigate if theCVhealth of an individual is associated with that of his or her partner.HypothesisThere is a positive ...
O'Flynn AM, McHugh SM, Madden JM, Harrington JM, Perry IJ, Kearney PM.   +5 more
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Ideal cardiovascular health metrics and its association with 20-year cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a Chinese population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2018
Background The American Heart Association (AHA) developed a simplified assessment tool based on seven ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics, but the relationship between the AHA defined ideal CVH metrics and cardiovascular risk in Chinese population has not been well estimated.
Long, Zhou, Liancheng, Zhao, Yong, Wu, Yangfeng, Wu, Xiangmin, Gao, Ying, Li, Jinzhuang, Mai, Zhiqiang, Nie, Yanqiu, Ou, Min, Guo, Xiaoqing, Liu   +10 more
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Relationship of ideal cardiovascular health metrics with retinal vessel calibers and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2018
Background Ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics have been found to be associated with subclinical vascular abnormalities. However, the relationship between ideal CVH metrics and retinal vessel calibers and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness ...
Qian Zhang, Dandan Wang, Anxin Wang, Shufeng Zhang, Yuesong Pan, Yang Li, Shengyun Chen, Shouling Wu, Wenbin Wei, Xingquan Zhao   +9 more
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Cardiovascular health status among Australian adults

Clinical Epidemiology, 2018
Yang Peng, Zhiqiang Wang Centre for Chronic Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Background: The American Heart Association (AHA) committee recently set a guideline to define and monitor the cardiovascular ...
Peng Y, Wang Z
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Assessment of ideal cardiovascular health metrics in refugees, East of Iran. [PDF]

J Diabetes Metab Disord, 2021
In 2013, there was an estimation of greater than 4.5 million Afghan refugees who had migrated to the least developed countries. Over one million are legally registered in Iran. We assessed the heart health status as described by the American Heart Association (AHA) in the Afghan refugee populace.This cross-sectional survey was carried out on 1,634 ...
Farzad M, Kazemi T, Mohammadparast V, Bizhaem SK, Khazaee Z, Kianfar S, Azdaki N, Mohaghegh Z, Zardast M.   +8 more
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Ideal cardiovascular health metrics and life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

EPMA J, 2023
Whether cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics impact longevity with and without cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has not been well established. This study aimed to investigate the association between CVH metrics and life expectancy in participants free of CVD events.
Tian Q, Chen S, Zhang J, Li C, Wu S, Wang Y, Wang Y.   +6 more
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Adherence to Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Is Associated With Reduced Odds of Hepatic Steatosis. [PDF]

Hepatol Commun, 2021
The American Heart Association (AHA) introduced Life’s Simple 7 as a metric to define ideal cardiovascular health. We examined the association between cardiovascular health score (CHS) and prevalent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among Framingham Heart Study participants with varying genetic risk of NAFLD. Framingham
DeCoste LR, Wang N, Palmisano JN, Mendez J, Hoffmann U, Benjamin EJ, Long MT.   +6 more
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