Table 3 The associations between components of the life’s essential 8 cardiovascular health (CVH) score and osteoarthritis (OA).

From: The association between the American heart association’s new “Life’s Essential 8” and different types of arthritis: insights from a large population study

CVH components (per 10 scores)

Model 1

OR (95% CI), P-value

Model 2

OR (95% CI), P-value

Model 3

OR (95% CI), P-value

DASH diet score

1.01 (1.00, 1.02) < 0.0001

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.0835

1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.0240

Physical activity score

0.96 (0.95, 0.97) < 0.0001

0.99 (0.98, 1.00) 0.0281

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.0005

Tobacco/nicotine exposure score

1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.3529

0.97 (0.96, 0.98) < 0.0001

0.96 (0.95, 0.97) < 0.0001

Sleep health score

1.00 (0.98, 1.01) 0.5102

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

0.5328

1.00 (0.98, 1.01) 0.5226

Body mass index score

0.93 (0.92, 0.94)

< 0.0001

0.91 (0.90, 0.92) < 0.0001

0.91 (0.90, 0.92)

< 0.0001

Blood lipid score

0.96 (0.94, 0.97) < 0.0001

0.99 (0.98, 1.01) 0.8809

1.00 (0.98, 1.01) 0.9967

Blood glucose score

0.91 (0.90, 0.92) < 0.0001

0.98 (0.96, 0.99)

< 0.0001

1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 0.5068

Blood pressure score

0.88 (0.87, 0.89) < 0.0001

0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.0106

0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.0342

  1. Model 1: no covariates were adjusted. Model 2: age, gender, and race were adjusted. Model 3: age, gender, race, education level, PIR, diabetes and cancer were adjusted. Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PIR, the ratio of income to poverty; CVH, cardiovascular health; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.
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