Life’s Essential 8 in relation to self-rated health and health-related quality of life in a large population-based sample : the SCAPIS project
Purpose: To monitor cardiovascular health, in 2022, the American Heart Association (AHA) updated the construct “Life’s Simple 7” (LS7) to “Life’s Essential 8” (LE8). This study aims to analyze the associations and capacity of discrimination of LE8 and LS7 in relation to self-rated health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: This study from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage