Cumulative Life’s Essential 8 Scores and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Greater cumulative CVH and improvement in CVH during young adulthood, as well as better CVH in middle age, were all independently associated with lower risk for incident CVD in midlife. These results emphasize the importance of maintaining and improving CVH throughout young adulthood.
Authors
- Hongyan Ning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-6614)
- Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-6110)
- Norrina B. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-4384)
- James Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-0618)
- Jamal S. Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-3958)
- Daniel Won (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2780-3178)
- James Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9661-6322)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2025.0630
- Citations
- 20
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.76