Table 3.

Comparison of the Prevalence of the 7 Components of the Life's Simple 7 Between Retirees and Nonretirees

Cardiovascular Health Metric	Retirees		Nonretirees		P Value^*
Cardiovascular Health Metric	No.	Prevalence	No.	Prevalence	P Value^*
Smoking status					.27
Ideal	297	86.5	491	83.7
Intermediate	10	2.3	11	1.0
Poor	52	11.2	94	15.2
Healthy weight					.25
Ideal	67	18.3	149	24.6
Intermediate	114	34.1	210	35.4
Poor	174	47.6	233	40.0
Physical activity					.17
Ideal	128	41.9	165	33.5
Intermediate	50	13.4	98	18.7
Poor	181	44.6	334	47.8
Total cholesterol					.81
Ideal	195	52.6	305	49.6
Intermediate	114	35.0	204	35.5
Poor	44	12.3	82	14.9
Blood pressure					.05
Ideal	101	31.1	188	39.4
Intermediate	158	45.0	258	45.5
Poor	88	23.9	126	15.1
Glucose					.07
Ideal	90	29.9	225	40.7
Intermediate	168	53.1	257	46.2
Poor	76	17.0	89	13.1
Healthy diet					.21
Ideal	7	1.4	7	1.5
Intermediate	91	28.5	139	21.1
Poor	240	70.2	418	77.4

↵* P value from χ² test comparing the difference of prevalence among the 7 components of the Life's Simple 7 between late-middle-age retirees and nonretirees.