Mixed
Modifiable risk exposures, specifically dietary risks, high systolic blood pressure, high body mass index, high total cholesterol, high fasting plasma glucose, tobacco smoking, and low physical activity, are the primary drivers of the large geographic disparities in cardiovascular disease burden across US states.
To lower your cardiovascular disease risk, focus on the major modifiable factors identified: improve your diet, manage your blood pressure and cholesterol, maintain a healthy weight, control blood glucose, avoid smoking, and increase physical activity. These are the primary drivers of CVD burden, and addressing them can significantly reduce your risk, regardless of where you live.
Differences in CVD burden are largely attributable to modifiable risk exposures. Trends were driven by 12 groups of risk factors, with the largest attributable CVD burden due to dietary risk exposures followed by high systolic blood pressure, high body mass index, high total cholesterol level, high fasting plasma glucose level, tobacco smoking, and low levels of physical activity.
Why this rating
Based on a comprehensive Global Burden of Disease study using standardized methodologies, large datasets, and rigorous statistical modeling across 27 years.
Source
The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States, 1990-2016
Gregory A. Roth et al. · JAMA Cardiology · 2018
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