​The study's purpose was to describe the cardiometabolic risks and lifestyle health behaviors associated with cardiovascular disease, considering age and gender, in Filipinos, the second largest Asian American population.

Secondary analysis was conducted of behavioral (smoking, walking, body mass index and soda, fast food and fruit/vegetable consumption), cardiometabolic (hypertension and diabetes) and heart disease variables in the 2011–2012 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Findings: The metropolitan sample of Filipino American adults included 57.3 percent women and had a mean age of 47.9 ± 18.3 years (n = 555). Among the sample, 7.4% had heart disease, 38.9% had hypertension, 16.6% had diabetes, 12.4% smoked cigarettes, 83.2% were insufficiently active, 54.2% were overweight/obese, 21.8% routinely ate fast food, 13.2% routinely drank soda and 90.3% did not meet the fruit/vegetable consumption recommendation.

Age, hypertension and diabetes were associated with heart disease. Hypertension was the single greatest heart disease risk, controlling for diabetes, age and gender.