Table 3 Age-standardized prevalence of cardiovascular health metrics for adults ≥ 20 years by race/ethnicity.

From: Racial disparities and prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors, cardiometabolic risk factors, and cardiovascular health metrics among US adults: NHANES 2011–2018

Metricsa

Totalb (n = 8370)

Mexican American (n = 1220)

Other Hispanic (n = 898)

Non-Hispanic White (n = 3097)

Non-Hispanic Black (n = 1822)

Non-Hispanic Asian (n = 1046)

Smoking status

Ideal

56.9 (55.1, 58.7)

62.8 (59.0, 66.6)

62.4 (59.5, 65.2)

53.5 (50.9, 56.1)

59.7 (56.4, 62.8)

75.7 (72.9, 78.4)

Intermediate

25.0 (23.5, 26.6)

24.0 (20.9, 27.2)

23.7 (21.1, 26.3)

27.6 (25.4, 29.8)

16.5 (14.5, 18.6)

15.1 (12.9, 17.3)

Poor

18.1 (16.6, 19.6)

13.2 (10.6, 15.8)

13.9 (11.4, 16.5)

18.9 (16.8, 21.0)

23.8 (21.3, 26.3)

9.2 (7.2, 11.2)

BMI

Ideal

28.5 (26.6, 30.3)

15.1 (12.8, 17.4)

24.4 (21.5, 27.3)

29.6 (27.2, 32.0)

21.9 (19.5, 23.2)

56.2 (52.7, 59.8)

Intermediate

31.5 (30.3, 32.8)

34.9 (32.3, 37.6)

36.3 (33.0, 39.6)

31.5 (29.6, 33.3)

27.9 (25.6, 30.2)

31.7 (28.3, 35.1)

Poor

40.0 (38.1, 41.9)

50.0 (47.1, 52.9)

39.3 (35.6, 43.0)

38.9 (36.3, 41.6)

50.2 (47.6, 52.8)

12.1 (9.8, 14.4)

Diet score—HEI 2015

Ideal

10.4 (9.2 11.6)

9.7 (7.6, 11.8)

12.4 (9.8, 15.1)

10.0 (8.4, 11.7)

8.2 (6.6, 9.8)

20.9 (17.9, 23.8)

Intermediate

21.4 (19.7, 23.0)

19.8 (17.4, 22.2)

23.6 (20.2, 26.9)

21.3 (19.1, 23.4)

18.1 (16.0, 20.1)

31.1 (28.2, 34.2)

Poor

68.2 (66.2, 70.2)

70.5 (67.3, 73.8)

64.0 (59.8, 68.1)

68.7 (66.1, 71.3)

73.7 (71.0, 76.3)

48.0 (44.1, 51.8)

Physical activity

Ideal

59.2 (57.7, 60.6)

52.5 (49.0, 55.9)

53.0 (47.8, 58.2)

62.7 (60.7, 64.8)

53.3 (50.8, 55.7)

47.0 (43.4, 50.6)

Intermediate

15.5 (14.2, 16.9)

12.0 (10.3, 13.8)

13.2 (11.1, 15.3)

15.5 (13.7, 17.3)

15.0 (13.1, 17.0)

21.1 (18.4, 23.8)

Poor

25.3 (23.9, 26.7)

35.5 (32.1, 38.9)

33.8 (29.3, 38.3)

21.8 (20.0, 23.6)

31.7 (28.9, 34.5)

31.9 (27.8, 36.0)

Total cholesterol

Ideal

48.5 (46.8, 50.0)

49.8 (46.4, 53.2)

47.8 (44.4, 51.2)

48.0 (46.1, 49.9)

54.2 (51.9, 56.7)

46.3 (42.4, 50.2)

Intermediate

39.7 (38.1, 41.3)

39.4 (36.6, 42.2)

39.8 (36.6, 43.0)

40.0 (37.9, 42.1)

36.0 (33.8, 38.1)

41.1 (37.9, 44.4)

Poor

11.8 (10.9, 12.8)

10.8 (8.4, 13.2)

12.4 (10.0, 14.8)

12.0 (10.8, 13.3)

9.8 (8.4, 11.2)

12.6 (10.3, 14.8)

Blood pressure

Ideal

41.6 (40.0, 43.4)

44.0 (41.1, 46.7)

42.1 (37.9, 46.4)

42.2 (40.1, 44.2)

30.7 (28.4, 33.1)

47.3 (44.6, 50.0)

Intermediate

24.3 (22.9, 25.7)

21.0 (18.5, 23.4)

22.0 (18.2, 25.7)

25.5 (23.7, 27.4)

22.2 (20.3, 24.1)

18.0 (15.7, 20.3)

Poor

34.1 (32.4, 35.7)

35.0 (32.5, 37.8)

35.9 (31.9, 39.9)

32.3 (30.1, 34.5)

47.1 (44.6, 49.5)

34.7 (31.8, 37.6)

Glucose

Ideal

44.0 (42.0, 45.9)

32.4 (29.5, 35.2)

42.5 (38.9, 46.0)

45.5 (43.1, 48.0)

47.6 (45.2, 50.1)

41.1 (38.1, 43.9)

Intermediate

47.5 (45.6, 49.5)

54.1 (51.1, 57.1)

46.0 (42.9, 49.2)

47.2 (44.6, 49.7)

42.3 (40.0, 44.6)

49.7 (46.6, 53.0)

Poor

8.5 (7.5, 9.4)

13.5 (11.5, 15.6)

11.5 (9.7, 13.4)

7.3 (6.1, 8.5)

10.1 (8.6, 11.2)

9.2 (7.5, 10.9)

Mean CVH score

7.6 (7.5, 7.7)

7.3 (7.1, 7.5)

7.5 (7.2, 7.7)

7.6 (7.4, 7.7)

7.1 (7.0, 7.2)

8.8 (8.6, 8.9)

CVH groups

 Ideal (10-14 points)

26.9 (25.1, 28.6)

21.7 (19.2, 24.3)

26.1 (23.2, 29.0)

27.7 (25.2, 30.2)

18.6 (16.3, 20.8)

40.9 (37.6, 44.2)

 Intermediate (5-9 points)

63.9 (62.3, 65.5)

65.0 (62.3, 67.6)

63.0 (59.7, 66.3)

63.8 (61.4, 66.2)

68.8 (66.1, 71.5)

56.0 (52.7, 59.1)

 Poor (0-4 points)

9.2 (8.4, 10.0)

13.3 (10.6, 16.0)

10.9 (8.3, 13.5)

8.5 (7.5, 9.4)

12.6 (11.0, 14.4)

3.1 (2.0, 4.3)

  1. BMI body mass index, HEI healthy eating index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CVH cardiovascular health, CVHM cardiovascular health metric.
  2. aMetrics defined as, smoking status: Ideal (never), Intermediate (former), Poor (current); BMI: Ideal (< 25 kg/m2, Intermediate (25–29.9 kg/m2), Poor (≥ 30 kg/m2); Diet-HEI 2015 score: Ideal (> 69.3), Intermediate (56.9–69.3), Poor (< 56.9); physical activity: Ideal, (≥ 150 min/wk moderate or ≥ 75 min/wk vigorous or ≥ 150 min/wk moderate + vigorous), Intermediate (1–149 min/wk moderate or 1–74 min/wk vigorous or 1–149 min/wk moderate + vigorous), Poor (none); total cholesterol: Ideal (< 200 mg/dL), Intermediate (200–239 mg/dL or treated to goal), Poor (≥ 240 mg/dL); blood pressure: Ideal (SBP < 120 and DBP < 80 mmHg), Intermediate (SBP 120–129 and DBP < 80 mmHg or treated to goal), Poor (SBP ≥ 130 or DBP ≥ 80 mmHg); Glucose: Ideal (< 100 mg/dL), Intermediate (100–125 mg/dL or treated to goal), Poor (≥ 126 mg/dL). Statistics are displayed as Percent (95% Confidence Interval).
  3. bAll values (except mean CVH score) are weighted percentages, and age standardized to Census 2010 US population.
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