According to the Association’s 2022 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, approximately 121.5 million people in the U.S. Other updates to the measures of optimal cardiovascular health, now for anyone ages 2 and older, include a new guide to assess diet accounting for exposure to secondhand smoke and vaping using non-HDL cholesterol instead of total cholesterol to measure blood lipids and expanding the blood sugar measure to include hemoglobin A1c, a key measure to assess Type 2 diabetes risk.Ĭardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. Life’s Essential 8™ cardiovascular health score replaces Life’s Simple 7™, according to a new Presidential Advisory, Life’s Essential 8-Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association’s Construct on Cardiovascular Health, published today in Circulation, the Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal. ET Wednesday, June 29, 20 22ĭALLAS, JSleep duration is now considered an essential component for ideal heart and brain health.
The updated scoring can now be used for people ages 2 and older, and four components are measured in new ways: a new guide to assess diet nicotine exposure replaces cigarette smoking to include electronic cigarettes (vaping) and exposure to secondhand smoke non-HDL cholesterol is suggested instead of total cholesterol and the blood sugar measure is expanded to include hemoglobin A1c levels.
The new sleep metric suggests 7-9 hours of sleep daily for optimal cardiovascular health for adults, and more for children depending on age.Other health and lifestyle factors in the checklist, which were part of the previous, 7-item scoring tool, are nicotine exposure, physical activity, diet, weight, blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure.American Heart Association’s checklist to measure cardiovascular health is updated, now called Life’s Essential 8™, adding healthy sleep as essential for optimal cardiovascular health.
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