Research
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Improving one's Cardiovascular Health Score (CHS) over time is associated with a lower risk of incident cardiovascular disease, independent of baseline health status.
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We also observed a significant association between improvements in the participants’ overall cardiovascular health status by optimizing cardiovascular health behaviors and factors and lower subsequent risk of CVD, independent of baseline cardiovascular health status.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort, robust adjustment, observational design.
Source
Association of Trajectory of Cardiovascular Health Score and Incident Cardiovascular Disease
Shouling Wu et al. · JAMA Network Open · 2019
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4758
cohort · n=74701Cited 313×
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