Total antioxidant capacity of the diet is inversely and independently related to plasma concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in adult Italian subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 619-625

  Brighenti, Furio ^a   Valtueña, Silvia ^a   Pellegrini, Nicoletta ^a   Ardigò, Diego ^a   Del Rio, Daniele ^a   Salvatore, Sara ^a   Piatti, PierMarco ^b   Serafini, Mauro ^c   Zavaroni, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; High sensitivity C reactive protein; Hypertension; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ANTIOXIDANT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIOXIDANTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMINS;

EID: 24344480903     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051400     Document Type: Article

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