Table 1 Characteristics of the postmenopausal women in CSWHSP 2013–2014 without prevalent cardiovascular disease (N = 1625)

Age, median (25th-75th percentiles) years

60.0(54.0-65.0)

Education level: college graduate or advanced, n (%)

1451(89.3 %)

Individual reproductive risk factors

Earlier age at menarche, n (%)

239(14.7)

Earlier age at menopause, n (%)

206(12.7)

With more than three children, n (%)

119(7.32)

Pregnancy losses, n (%)

1038(63.9)

Number of reproductive risk factors

0, n (%)

404(24.9)

1, n (%)

874(53.8)

2, n (%)

313(19.3)

3 or 4, n (%)

34(2.1)

Ideal health metrics

BMI < 25 kg/m², n (%)

1140(70.2)

Physical activity ≥ 90 min/week, n (%)

735(45.2)

Healthy dietary intake, n (%)

186(11.4)

Never smoker, n (%)

1621(99.8)

Untreated total cholesterol < 5.17 mmol/L, n (%)

671(41.3)

Untreated blood pressure < 120/80 mm Hg, n (%)

539(33.2)

Untreated fasting blood glucose < 5.6 mmol/L, n (%)

1093(67.3)

Ideal Life’s Simple 7 score categories

0-1, n (%)

56(3.4)

2, n (%)

235(14.5)

3, n (%)

433(26.6)

4, n (%)

480(29.5)

5, n (%)

298(18.3)

6-7, n (%)

123(7.6)

Life’s Simple 7 score (7–21), median (interquartile range)

17(14–20)