Trends in Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Associations With All-Cause and CVD Mortality Among US Adults
Author(s) -
Quanhe Yang,
Mary E. Cogswell,
W. Dana Flanders,
Yuling Hong,
Zefeng Zhang,
Fleetwood Loustalot,
Cathleen Gillespie,
Robert Merritt,
Frank B. Hu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.339
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , disease , population , cause of death , blood pressure , mortality rate , epidemiology , cardiovascular health , demography , environmental health , gerontology , sociology
Recent recommendations from the American Heart Association aim to improve cardiovascular health by encouraging the general population to meet 7 cardiovascular health metrics: not smoking; being physically active; having normal blood pressure, blood glucose and total cholesterol levels, and weight; and eating a healthy diet.
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