Cardiovascular Health Among Young Men and Women in Puerto Rico as Assessed by the Life's Essential 8 Metrics

Autor: Cynthia M. Pérez, Andrea López‐Cepero, Israel Almodóvar‐Rivera, Catarina I. Kiefe, Katherine L. Tucker, Sharina D. Person, Josiemer Mattei, José Rodríguez‐Orengo, Milagros C. Rosal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 13, Iss 20 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.035052
Popis: Background Cardiovascular health (CVH) in young adulthood is associated with CVD in later life, yet CVH in young adults in the United States falls below ideal levels, with noticeable sex differences. Research on CVH in young adults in Puerto Rico is scarce. This study examined CVH and sex differences in CVH in a large cohort of young adults in Puerto Rico. Methods and Results Data from 2162 Puerto Rican young adults aged 18 to 29 residing in PR were obtained from the PR‐OUTLOOK (Puerto Rico Young Adults' Stress, Contextual, Behavioral, and Cardiometabolic Risk) study (2020–2023). Participants were recruited through various media and community outreach. CVH scores, graded on a 0 (worst) to 100 (best) scale, were derived from survey responses, physical exams, and laboratory assays. Linear regression with the margins postestimation command was used to determine adjusted means (95% CIs) for CVH scores by sex, controlling for age, marital status, education, childhood material deprivation, subjective social status, health insurance, and depressive symptoms. CVH was less than ideal (score
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals