Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with total antioxidant capacity in healthy adults: The ATTICA study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 694-699

  Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b,c   Tzima, Natalia ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Economou, Manolis ^a   Zampelas, Antonis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Cardiovascular disease; Mediterranean diet; Oxidized LDL cholesterol

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLIVE OIL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27244432775     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.3.694     Document Type: Article

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