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The American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 cardiovascular (CV) score comprises four behavioral measures (smoking, diet, exercise, and body-mass index) and three biological measures (fasting glucose level, blood cholesterol level, and blood pressure), each coded as 0, 1, or 2. Higher total score predicts lower risks for diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke. In this prospective study, researchers determined the association between the Life's Simple 7 score and risk for dementia.
Participants were ≈8000 British civil servants (32% women) free from dementia who underwent assessment of the Life's Simple 7 score at age 50. Participants were categorized as having poor (score, ≤6), intermediate (score, 7–11), or optimal (score, 12–14) …