The combination of high fruit and vegetable and low saturated fat intake is more protective against mortality in aging men than is either alone: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 556-561

  Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Hallfrisch, Judith ^b   Qiao, Ning ^a   Muller, Denis ^b   Andres, Reubin ^b   Fleg, Jerome L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Fruit and vegetables; Men; Mortality; Saturated fat

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 14944362625     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.556     Document Type: Article

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