Five health indicators are enough to predict cardiovascular risk in healthy people

Five health indicators are enough to predict cardiovascular risk in healthy people

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Just five indicators of cardiovascular health--blood pressure, physical activity, body-mass index (BMI), fruit and vegetable intake, and smoking status--accurately predict cardiovascular risk in healthy individuals. This is the conclusion of a study carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and published in The Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC). The study demonstrates that the Fuster-BEWAT score, which is based on these five cardiovascular health indicators, effectively predicts the presence and extent of subclinical (asymptomatic) atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged individuals with no known history of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, Fuster-BEWAT predictions are as accurate as those obtained with the widely used Ideal Cardiovascular Health Index (ICHS), the score currently recommended by the American Heart Association, which additionally includes blood analysis cholesterol and glucose.

The Fuster-BEWAT score was devised by a Spanish research team led by CNIC General Director Dr. Valentin Fuster, and the new study forms part of the Progression and Early Detection of Atherosclerosis project (PESA), a CNIC initiative conducted in partnership with Banco Santander. …

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(2017-12-02), Five health indicators are enough to predict cardiovascular risk in healthy people, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 1152, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014744727