T he famous axiom attributed to Ben Franklin that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies equally well to both fire safety and to heart health. Most cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths are avoidable with healthy lifestyle, good preventive care, and targeted guideline-directed medical treatment. Epidemiological data show that major risk factors such as cigarette smoking, obesity, poor dietary habits, physical inactivity, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension account for the majority of CVD risk in both sexes across all regions of the globe (1). Gómez-Pardo et al. (2) previously constructed the Fuster-BEWAT (blood pressure [B], exercise [E], weight [W], alimentation [A], and tobacco [T]) score (FBS) for lifestyle-based CVD prevention, which collects information on lifestyle and CVD risk factors including physical activity, diet, smoking, body weight, and blood pressure. In this issue of the Journal, Fernández-Alvira et al. (3) compare the effectiveness of the FBS with that of the ideal cardiovascular health score (ICHS, also known as “Life’s Simple 7”), which includes several of the same CVD risk factors but importantly also includes laboratory measures of blood cholesterol and glucose.

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心血管健康，简化版*

本·富兰克林 (Ben Franklin) 的著名公理“一分预防胜过一磅治疗”，这同样适用于消防安全和心脏健康。大多数心血管疾病 (CVD) 死亡可以通过健康的生活方式、良好的预防保健和有针对性的指南指导的医疗来避免。流行病学数据显示，吸烟、肥胖、不良饮食习惯、缺乏运动、血脂异常、糖尿病和高血压等主要风险因素是全球所有地区男女心血管疾病风险的主要因素 (1)。戈麦斯-帕尔多等人。(2) 先前构建了基于生活方式的 CVD 预防的 Fuster-BEWAT（血压 [B]、运动 [E]、体重 [W]、营养 [A] 和烟草 [T]）评分 (FBS)，该评分收集了有关生活方式和 CVD 风险因素的信息，包括体力活动、饮食、吸烟、体重和血压。在本期杂志中，Fernández-Alvira 等人。(3) 将 FBS 的有效性与理想的心血管健康评分（ICHS，也称为“Life's Simple 7”）的有效性进行比较，后者包括几个相同的 CVD 风险因素，但重要的是还包括血液胆固醇和葡萄糖的实验室测量.