Table 1

Definition of components of the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7*

Life’s Simple 7 metrics	Category	Definition
Smoking	Ideal	Never smoker or reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their lifetime but not currently smoking
Smoking	Poor	Current smoker
Body mass index	Ideal	<25.0 kg/m²
Body mass index	Poor	≥25.0 kg/m²
Diet	Ideal	Reported intake of fruits and vegetables >1 time/day
Diet	Poor	Reported intake of fruits and vegetables <1 time/day
Physical activity	Ideal	Did enough moderate or vigorous physical activity to meet the recommendation of ≥150 min a week of moderate-intensity activity, ≥75 min of vigorous-intensity activity, or an equivalent combination of aerobic physical activity
Physical activity	Poor	None
Blood pressure	Ideal	No high blood pressure diagnosis
Blood pressure	Poor	High blood pressure diagnosis by a doctor, nurse or other health professional
Cholesterol	Ideal	No high blood cholesterol diagnosis
Cholesterol	Poor	High blood cholesterol diagnosis by a doctor, nurse or other health professional
Diabetes	Ideal	No diabetes diagnosis
Diabetes	Poor	Diabetes diagnosis by a doctor