Objective: To examine the associations between the American Heart Association scores ("Life's Essential 8" [LE8] and "Life's Simple 7" [LS7]) and 2 subclinical coronary atherosclerosis indicators: coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)-stenosis
Berglind, Daniel +39 more
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Association between life’s simple 7 (LS7) and arthritis: the mediating role of body fat percentage (BFP) [PDF]
Background Life’s Simple 7 (LS7), developed by the American Heart Association, addresses seven key health behaviors and relationship factors. Although LS7 has been studied in relation to various chronic diseases, its association with arthritis remains ...
Huan Chen +8 more
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Risk for Heart Failure: The Opportunity for Prevention With the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7. [PDF]
Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine whether combinations of specific Life's Simple 7 (LS7) components are associated with reduced risk for heart failure (HF). Background: The American Heart Association recommends the concept of LS7: healthy
Sluijs, I +22 more
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Association between Life’s Simple 7 and Menopause in a Community-based Population
Background: In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a new concept of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) called Life’s Simple 7, which comprises seven parts, including smoking status (nonsmoking), body mass index (BMI) (
Wen-Chung Lu +5 more
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Exercise: primus inter pares of Life's Simple 7. [PDF]
Norling AM, Buford TW, Lazar RM.
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Genetic Risk, Midlife Life's Simple 7, and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Higher scores in Life's Simple 7 (LS7), a metric for cardiovascular and brain health, have been associated with lower risk of dementia.
Tin A +10 more
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Plasma Metabolites and Life's Simple 7 in REGARDS. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) is a health metric that captures important factors associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. Previous studies highlight the potential of plasma metabolites to serve as a marker for lifestyle and health behavior that could be a target for stroke ...
Kijpaisalratana N +11 more
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Cardiovascular Health Among Pregnant Women, Aged 20 to 44 Years, in the United States
Background Pregnancy is a cardiometabolic stressor and thus a critical period to address women's lifetime cardiovascular health (CVH). However, CVH among US pregnant women has not been characterized.
Amanda M. Perak +5 more
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Educational Attainment and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health (Life’s Simple 7) in Asian Americans [PDF]
Asian Americans have a high burden of cardiovascular disease, yet little is known about the social patterning of cardiovascular health (CVH) in this population. We examined if education (<high school diploma, high school diploma, some college, and college degree+) was associated with CVH and if this varied by time in the United States (U.S.).
Alam, Md Towfiqul +6 more
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“Life's Simple 7” and Long‐Term Mortality After Stroke [PDF]
Background The American Heart Association developed criteria dubbed “Life's Simple 7” defining ideal cardiovascular health: not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet, maintaining normal weight, and controlling cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Lin, Michelle P. +3 more
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