A high-score Mediterranean dietary pattern is associated with a reduced risk of peripheral arterial disease in Italian patients with Type 2 diabetes

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1744-1752

  Ciccarone, E ^a,b   Di Castelnuovo, A ^a   Salcuni, M ^b   Siani, A ^c   Giacco, A ^d   Donati, M B ^e   De Gaetano, G ^e   Capani, F ^b   Iacoviello, L ^a   Consoli, A ^b   Krekora, K ^a,f   Pandolfi, A ^b   Vitacolonna, E ^b   Zito, F ^a   Cianci, A ^a   Amore, C ^a   D'Orazio, A ^a   Pece, E ^a   Bonomo, L ^b   Matteoj, S ^b  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f HOLYCROSS CANCER CENTER   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Mediterranean diet; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK; TIME; VEGETABLE; WINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTERIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PLANT OILS; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES; WINE;

EID: 2142695678     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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