%0 Journal Article
%T Trends in cardiovascular health metrics and associations with long-term mortality among US adults with coronary heart disease.
%A Xue Q
%A Wu S
%A He X
%A Huang Y
%A Liu Y
%A Yan T
%A Wu N
%A Yang X
%A Wen Y
%A Li S
%A Cravens L
%A Yang CX
%A Wu JHY
%A Pan A
%A Yang X
%A Pan XF
%J Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
%V 34
%N 8
%D 2024 Aug 5
%M 38755082
%F 4.666
%R 10.1016/j.numecd.2024.03.031
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>Our study examined the trends of cardiovascular health metrics in individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD) and their associations with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in the US.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The cohort study was conducted based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2018 and their linked mortality files (through 2019). Baseline CHD was defined as a composite of self-reported doctor-diagnosed coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris. Cardiovascular health metrics were assessed according to the American Heart Association recommendations. Long-term all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality were the primary outcomes. Survey-adjusted Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios and corresponding 95% confidence intervals for the associations between cardiovascular health metrics and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality. The prevalence of one or fewer ideal cardiovascular health metrics increased from 14.15% to 22.79% (P < 0.001) in CHD, while the prevalence of more than four ideal cardiovascular health metrics decreased from 21.65% to 15.70 % (P < 0.001) from 1999 to 2018, respectively. Compared with CHD participants with one or fewer ideal cardiovascular health metrics, those with four or more ideal cardiovascular health metrics had a 35% lower risk (hazard ratio, 0.65; 95% confidence interval: 0.51, 0.82) and a 44% lower risk (0.56; 0.38, 0.84) in all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, respectively.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Substantial declines were noted in ideal cardiovascular health metrics in US adults with CHD. A higher number of cardiovascular health metrics was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in them.