Application of Life’s Essential 8 to assess cardiovascular health during early childhood

Perng, Wei; Aris, Izzuddin M.; Slopen, Natalie; Younoszai, Nolan; Swanson, Valerie; Mueller, Noel T.; Sauder, Katherine A.; Dabelea, Dana

doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.02.004

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“…The authors noted the important role that sleep health played in classifying childhood CVH levels. 81 Additional information on the relevance of sleep to cardiometabolic health can be found in Chapter 13 (Sleep) of this Statistical Update.…”

Section: Cardiovascular Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Martin,

Aday,

Almarzooq

et al. 2024

Circulation

458

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BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and obesity) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose control, and metabolic syndrome) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update presents the latest data on a range of major clinical heart and circulatory disease conditions (including stroke, brain health, complications of pregnancy, kidney disease, congenital heart disease, rhythm disorders, sudden cardiac arrest, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, valvular disease, venous thromboembolism, and peripheral artery disease) and the associated outcomes (including quality of care, procedures, and economic costs). METHODS: The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing. The 2024 AHA Statistical Update is the product of a full year’s worth of effort in 2023 by dedicated volunteer clinicians and scientists, committed government professionals, and AHA staff members. The AHA strives to further understand and help heal health problems inflicted by structural racism, a public health crisis that can significantly damage physical and mental health and perpetuate disparities in access to health care, education, income, housing, and several other factors vital to healthy lives. This year’s edition includes additional global data, as well as data on the monitoring and benefits of cardiovascular health in the population, with an enhanced focus on health equity across several key domains. RESULTS: Each of the chapters in the Statistical Update focuses on a different topic related to heart disease and stroke statistics. CONCLUSIONS: The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay public, policymakers, media professionals, clinicians, health care administrators, researchers, health advocates, and others seeking the best available data on these factors and conditions.

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Section: Cardiovascular Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Martin,

Aday,

Almarzooq

et al. 2024

Circulation

458

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“…These will be very useful in informing interventions. It might also be interesting to examine cardiovascular health using the adapted version of LE8 in childhood 18 and track its trajectories over the life course to explore what affects cardiovascular health over different time points. Remarkably, as a simple tool, the use of LE8 in informing and as a part of intervention should be explored.…”

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The Use of Life’s Essential 8 as a Prediction Model and Beyond

Ho,

Petermann-Rocha

2024

JACC: Advances

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“… 10 More recently, in a Colorado‐based study of children aged 4 to 7 years, Perng et al found that more than half of the children had CVH scores of 50 to 79 and children's CVH scores were correlated with maternal prenatal diet quality and child age. 11 Identifying modifiable factors related to the LE8 construct of CVH for children and adolescents is needed to prioritize public health efforts to optimize CVH across the life course.…”

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Food Insecurity and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Risk Factors Among US Adolescents

Hammad,

Wolfson,

de Ferranti

et al. 2024

JAHA

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Background Food insecurity, a social and economic condition of limited availability of healthy food, is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health outcomes among adults; few studies have been conducted in adolescents. This study explores the association between food insecurity and cardiovascular health risk factors among a nationally representative sample of US adolescents, adopting the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 metric. Methods and Results We analyzed data from 2534 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years from the 2013 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. In the sample, 24.8% of adolescents lived in food‐insecure households. After multivariable adjustment, food insecurity was associated with a 3.23‐unit lower total Life's Essential 8 score (95% CI, −6.32, −0.15) and lower scores on diet quality (β=−5.39 [95% CI, −8.91, −1.87]) and nicotine exposure (β=−4.85 [95% CI, −9.24, −0.45]). Regarding diet, food insecurity was associated with 5% lower Healthy Eating Index‐2015 scores [95% CI, −7%, −2%], particularly lower intakes of whole grains and seafood/plant proteins and marginally higher intake of added sugar. Regarding nicotine exposure, food insecurity was associated with ever use of a tobacco product among m (odds ratio, 1.74 [95% CI, 1.20–2.53]). Compared with their food‐secure counterparts, food‐insecure male (odds ratio, 1.98 [95% CI, 1.07–3.65]) and female (odds ratio, 3.22 [95% CI, 1.60–6.45]) adolescents had higher odds of living with a current indoor smoker. Conclusions In this nationally representative sample of adolescents, food insecurity was associated with multiple indicators of cardiovascular health risk. These findings underscore the need for public health interventions and policies to reduce food insecurity and improve cardioprotective behaviors during adolescence, with particular efforts targeting diet quality and nicotine exposure.

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Application of Life’s Essential 8 to assess cardiovascular health during early childhood

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

The Use of Life’s Essential 8 as a Prediction Model and Beyond

Food Insecurity and Ideal Cardiovascular Health Risk Factors Among US Adolescents

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