Abstract

Meeting a greater number of cardiovascular health metrics was associated with a lower risk of total and CVD mortality, but the prevalence of meeting all 7 cardiovascular health metrics was low in the study population.

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MedicineNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyDiseasePopulationCause of deathBlood pressureMortality rateEpidemiologyCardiovascular healthDemographyEnvironmental healthGerontologyInternal medicine

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Year
2012
Type
article
Volume
307
Issue
12
Pages
1273-1273
Citations
801
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Quanhe Yang, Mary E. Cogswell, W. Dana Flanders et al. (2012). Trends in Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Associations With All-Cause and CVD Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA , 307 (12) , 1273-1273. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.339

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10.1001/jama.2012.339