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Life's Simple 7 and Incident Hypertension: The REGARDS Study.


ABSTRACT: Background The Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metric incorporates health behaviors (body mass index, diet, smoking, physical activity) and health factors (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose) to estimate an individual's level of cardiovascular health. The association between cardiovascular health and incident hypertension is unresolved. Hypertension's threshold was recently lowered and it is unclear if better cardiovascular health is associated with lower risk of incident hypertension with the updated threshold or in a multirace cohort. We sought to assess the association between better LS7 score and risk of incident hypertension among Black and White adults using a 130/80 mm Hg hypertension threshold. Methods and Results We determined the association between LS7 metric and incident hypertension in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Disparities in Stroke) study, including participants free of baseline hypertension (2003-2007) who completed a second visit between 2013 and 2016. Hypertension was defined as systolic/diastolic blood pressure ?130/80 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication use. Each LS7 component was assigned 0 (poor), 1 (intermediate), or 2 (ideal) points. We generated a 14-point score by summing points. Among 2930 normotensive participants (20% Black, 80% White), the median (25th-75th percentiles) LS7 total score was 9 (8-10) points. Over a median follow-up of 9 years, 42% developed hypertension. In the fully adjusted model, each 1-point higher LS7 score had a 6% lower risk of incident hypertension (risk ratio, 0.94 per 1 point; 95% CI, 0.92-0.96). Conclusions Better cardiovascular health was associated with lower risk of incident hypertension using a 130/80 mm Hg hypertension threshold among Black and White adults.

SUBMITTER: Plante TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792383 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Life's Simple 7 and Incident Hypertension: The REGARDS Study.

Plante Timothy B TB   Koh Insu I   Judd Suzanne E SE   Howard George G   Howard Virginia J VJ   Zakai Neil A NA   Booth John N JN   Safford Monika M MM   Muntner Paul P   Cushman Mary M  

Journal of the American Heart Association 20200915 19


Background The Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metric incorporates health behaviors (body mass index, diet, smoking, physical activity) and health factors (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose) to estimate an individual's level of cardiovascular health. The association between cardiovascular health and incident hypertension is unresolved. Hypertension's threshold was recently lowered and it is unclear if better cardiovascular health is associated with lower risk of incident hypertension with the updated t  ...[more]

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