Cardiovascular health: a cross-national comparison between the Maine Syracuse Study (Central New York, USA) and ORISCAV-LUX (Luxembourg)

Table 3 Age- and gender-standardized proportions of participants in the MSLS (n = 673) and ORISCAV-LUX (n = 1145), with poor, intermediate and ideal health for each health component, and for the global Cardiovascular Health Score

Cardiovascular Health component	Definition¹	Central New York MSLS (%)	Luxembourg ORISCAV-LUX (%)	p-value
BMI
Poor	≥30 kg/m²	43.0	25.4	<0.001
Intermediate	25-29.9 kg/m²	34.5	35.0	0.88
Ideal	<25 kg/m²	22.5	39.6	<0.001
Smoking
Poor	Current smoker	16.6	18.8	0.43
Intermediate	Former smoker, quit < 12 months	54.5	28.6	<0.001
Ideal	Never or quit > 12 months	29.0	52.6	<0.001
Physical activity
Poor	No physical activity	10.6	11.9	0.58
Intermediate	1-149 min/wk moderate intensity activity²	30.0	19.8	0.001
Ideal	≥ 150 min/wk moderate intensity activity³	59.5	68.3	0.013
Fasting plasma glucose
Poor	≥126 mg/dL	5.6	4.8	0.48
Intermediate	100-125 mg/dL or treated to goal	15.4	21.4	0.021
Ideal	<100 mg/dL	79.0	73.8	0.056
Total cholesterol
Poor	≥240 mg/dL	11.6	19.6	<0.001
Intermediate	200-239 mg/dL or treated to goal	37.4	33.5	0.20
Ideal	<200 mg/dL	51.0	46.9	0.21
Blood pressure
Poor	Systolic BP ≥140 or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg	18.4	38.5	<0.001
Intermediate	Systolic BP 120–139 or diastolic BP 80–80 mm Hg or treated to goal	33.0	38.6	0.10
Ideal	<120/80 mm Hg	48.6	23.0	<0.001
RFS⁴
Poor	0-7	34.5	11.8	<0.001
Intermediate	8-11	48.8	45.5	0.34
Ideal	12-18	16.7	42.8	<0.001
non-RFS⁵
Poor	5-13	24.9	18.4	0.047
Intermediate	3-4	45.5	42.7	0.41
Ideal	0-2	29.6	38.9	0.005
Global CHS
Low	0-2 components in ideal range	19.6	15.2	0.12
Medium	3-5 components in ideal range	65.2	64.1	0.76
High	6-8 components in ideal range	15.2	20.6	0.049

¹Definitions according to the American Heart Association except for diet score, for adults >20 years of age.
²Or 1–74 min/wk vigorous intensity activity.
³Or ≥75 min/wk vigorous intensity activity.
⁴RFS scored out of 18, with higher scores indicating a higher consumption of recommended foods to increase.
⁵non-RFS scored out of 13, with higher scores indicating a higher consumption of foods recommended to reduce.

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