TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular health
T2 - A cross-national comparison between the Maine Syracuse Study (Central New York, USA) and ORISCAV-LUX (Luxembourg)
AU - Crichton, Georgina E.
AU - Elias, Merrill F.
AU - Davey, Adam
AU - Sauvageot, Nicolas
AU - Delagardelle, Charles
AU - Beissel, Jean
AU - Alkerwi, Ala'A
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (Grants R01HL067358, R01HL081290 to the University of Maine); by the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (Grant R01AG03055 to the University of Maine); by the National Institute of Health (Grants R01HD069769, R21CA158877, R01AG13180, R01CA158361 to AD); by United States Department of Agriculture (Grants PENR-2010-04643, PENR-2011-04489 to AD); by the National Health and Medical Research Council Sidney Sax Research Fellowship (Australia) (Grant GNT1054567 to GC); by Fond National de Rechcerche (FNR Luxembourg, for DIQUA-LUX project).
PY - 2014/3/15
Y1 - 2014/3/15
N2 - Background: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and in most European countries. Cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association, is comprised of seven health metrics (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, diet, total cholesterol, blood pressure, and fasting plasma glucose). No studies have compared US data with data collected elsewhere, using this index of cardiovascular health. Methods. We performed comparative analyses of cardiovascular health status in participants from 2 study sites in 2 different countries: the Maine-Syracuse Study, conducted in Central New York, USA in 2001-2006 (n = 673), and the Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg, conducted in 2007-2009 (n = 1145). Results: The Cardiovascular Health Score, the sum of the total number of metrics at ideal levels, was higher in the Luxembourg site than in the Central New York site. Ideal cardiovascular health levels for body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet were more prevalent in the Luxembourg site than the Central New York site. Ideal levels for blood pressure were more prevalent in Central New York. Differences between the two sites remained with control for age, gender and socioeconomic indicators. Conclusions: Cardiovascular health, as indexed by seven health metrics, was higher in the European study site than in the US study site. The largest differences were for the four lifestyle/behavior metrics, namely body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet. Preventative and intervention strategies will continue to be important for both countries in order to improve cardiovascular health.
AB - Background: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and in most European countries. Cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association, is comprised of seven health metrics (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, diet, total cholesterol, blood pressure, and fasting plasma glucose). No studies have compared US data with data collected elsewhere, using this index of cardiovascular health. Methods. We performed comparative analyses of cardiovascular health status in participants from 2 study sites in 2 different countries: the Maine-Syracuse Study, conducted in Central New York, USA in 2001-2006 (n = 673), and the Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg, conducted in 2007-2009 (n = 1145). Results: The Cardiovascular Health Score, the sum of the total number of metrics at ideal levels, was higher in the Luxembourg site than in the Central New York site. Ideal cardiovascular health levels for body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet were more prevalent in the Luxembourg site than the Central New York site. Ideal levels for blood pressure were more prevalent in Central New York. Differences between the two sites remained with control for age, gender and socioeconomic indicators. Conclusions: Cardiovascular health, as indexed by seven health metrics, was higher in the European study site than in the US study site. The largest differences were for the four lifestyle/behavior metrics, namely body mass index, smoking, physical activity, and diet. Preventative and intervention strategies will continue to be important for both countries in order to improve cardiovascular health.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Cross-national comparison
KW - Ideal cardiovascular health
KW - Luxembourg
KW - USA
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UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24628938
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-253
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-253
M3 - Article
C2 - 24628938
AN - SCOPUS:84899085620
SN - 1471-2458
VL - 14
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 253
ER -