Prevention & lipidsMeta-analysis
Ideal cardiovascular health and cardiovascular-related events: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
- random-effects
Authors' conclusion
Ideal and moderate CVH were associated with a lower incidence of CVDs and CMDs than poor CVH.
Study context
- Population
- Adults in observational studies, EMBASE and PubMed January 2010 to March 2022
- Participants
- 1,881,382 adults · 59 studies
- Comparison
- Ideal or intermediate cardiovascular health (CVH) vs poor CVH
- Outcome
- CVD and cardiometabolic disease outcomes
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
CVDs and CMDs
Each group vs poor CVHHazard ratio (95% CI)
Ideal CVHAF (smallest reduction, 40% lower risk)
0.60(0.44–0.83)
Ideal CVHMI (largest reduction, 82% lower risk)
0.18(0.12–0.28)
Intermediate CVHAF (highest hazard)
0.73(0.59–0.91)
Intermediate CVHperipheral arterial disease (lowest hazard)
0.43(0.30–0.60)
Original publication
Ideal cardiovascular health and cardiovascular-related events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 27 December 2023. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad405
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it