Prevalence and differences of ideal cardiovascular health in urban and rural adolescents in the Region of Tyrol: results from the EVA Tyrol study

Table 1 Categories ideal, intermediate and poor of the seven AHA health metrics according to Lloyed-Jones et al. [7]

Health metric	ideal	Intermediate	poor
BMI*	< 85th percentile	85th–95th percentile	> 95th percentile
BP^#	< 90th percentile	90th–95th percentile (≥ 120 mmHg sys or ≥ 80 mmHg dia)	> 95th percentile
Fasting blood glucose	< 100 mg/dl	100–125 mg/dl	≥ 126 mg/dl
Total cholesterol	< 170 mg/dl	170–199 mg/dl	≥ 200 mg/dl
Smoking	has never smoked, has never smoked a whole cigarette		has smoked prior 30 days, regular tobacco usage
Healthy (DASH-) diet	4–5 components	2–3 components	0–1 components
PA	≥ 60 min/day	0–59 min/day	None

BMI Body Mass Index, BP blood pressure, sys systolic, dia diastolic, DASH Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, PA physical activity
*BMI was converted to age and sex specific percentiles according to data by Kromeyer-Hauschild et al. [21]
^#BP values were converted to age and sex specific percentiles according to the KiGGS Study [22]

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