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Editorial
. 2012 Dec;1(6):e006114.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.006114. Epub 2012 Dec 19.

Divided States of America: regional variation in cardiovascular health

Donna K Arnett
Editorial

Divided States of America: regional variation in cardiovascular health

Donna K Arnett. J Am Heart Assoc. 2012 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: disparities; editorials; health status; heart; regional variation.

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Figure 1.
Heat plot (after Fang et al) showing age‐standardized scores of individual cardiovascular health metrics by state (for each metric, calculated as the inverse of the national median percentage score divided by the state percentage score). BMI indicates body mass index (kg/m2); activity, ≥150 minutes a week of moderate‐intensity or ≥75 minutes of vigorous‐intensity physical activity; diet, ≥5 fruit or vegetable servings/day; smoking, not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in lifetime or smoked >100 cigarettes in lifetime but not currently smoking; diabetes, never told by doctor, “You have diabetes”; hypertension, never told by health professional, “You have high blood pressure”; cholesterol, never told by health professional, “You have high cholesterol.”
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