American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among a Middle-aged Male Scandinavian Population.

Conclusions: CVH score was strongly and continuously associated with the risk of CVD mortality among middle-aged Finnish population and this was independent of other conventional risk factors. Key messages Achieving optimum cardiovascular health score reduces the risk of cardiovascular mortality. Adopting the American Heart Association's cardiovascular health metrics is a welcome approach for public health awareness and monitoring of cardiovascular health among Scandinavian population. PMID: 31264909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research