Association of Life's Simple 7 lifestyle metric with cardiometabolic disease-free life expectancy in older British men.
Commun Med (Lond)
; 4(1): 104, 2024 Jun 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), including myocardial infarction, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, are leading causes of disability and mortality globally, particularly for people at an older age. The impact of adhering to the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) on the number of years an individual will live without CMD in older adults remains less studied.METHODS:
This study included a cohort of 2662 British men aged 60-79 years free of CMD at baseline from the British Regional Heart Study (BRHS). Each LS7 factor (BMI, blood pressure, blood glucose, total cholesterol, smoking, physical activity, and diet) was categorized as poor, intermediate, or ideal, and a composite LS7 adherence was determined by summing the number of LS7 ideal levels achieved. Flexible parametric Royston-Parmar proportional-hazards model was applied to estimate CMD-free life expectancy.RESULTS:
Here we show that compared to men with the lowest LS7 adherence [with 18.42 years (95% CI 16.93, 19.90) of CMD-free life at age 60], men having an ideal LS7 adherence are estimated to gain an additional 4.37 years (95% CI 2.95, 5.79) of CMD-free life. The CMD-free life gain benefits are consistent across social class groups of manual and non-manual workers. Among LS7 factors, achieving an ideal physical activity provides the largest CMD-free survival benefit 4.84 years (95% CI 3.37, 6.32) of additional CMD-free life compared with the physically inactive group.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study quantifies and highlights the benefits of adhering to the LS7 ideal levels for living a longer life without CMD in older adults.
Cardiometabolic diseases, including heart attack, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, are leading causes of disability and deaths globally. To benefit cardiometabolic health, the American Heart Association made a number of recommendations, known as the Life's Simple 7 lifestyle metric, including not smoking, having adequate physical activity, following a healthy diet pattern, and managing healthy body weight, healthy blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels. Our study showed that adopting a healthy lifestyle following these recommendations could potentially increase the cardiometabolic disease-free life expectancy by more than four years for British men at age 60, with achieving an ideal physical activity level provided the largest survival benefit. Our findings highlight the need for public health efforts and interventions to support older adults in achieving optimal cardiometabolic health, particularly with regards to physical activity.
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Commun Med (Lond)
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