Suboptimal Cardiovascular Health in Korea: Insights From the First Application of Life's Essential 8

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khl2876@gmail.com.

Editorial

Hack-Lyoung Kim. Korean Circ J. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;55(8):753-755.

doi: 10.4070/kcj.2025.0152. Epub 2025 May 27.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khl2876@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The contents of the report are the author's own views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Korean Circulation Journal.

Korean Cardiovascular Health Status Assessed by Life's Essential 8 in Korean Adult Population: Based on Data From the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2014-2021.
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